Project Runway doesn’t waste any time

showing off the hottie designer in his underwear. I got home from class tonight, looked over, and WHAM, mostly naked man on-screen. (not that i’m complaining.) Also: Christian — the youngest designer with the meticulously swoopy hair — is already getting on my nerves. He epitomizes “angertwink“, and his egomania is already old. [...]

“Wikipedia” as a verb

Tonight I heard the word “Wikipedia” used as a verb. (Actual context was something along the lines of “Can you Wikipedia that guy and find out when he died?”) This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this usage, and I doubt it will be the last. It’s worth noting, however, that up until a few [...] [...]

“Wiki” enters the OED

The word “wiki” will be entering the Oxford English Dictionary, that great bastion of the Mother Tongue. This is especially cool considering the “reading process” used to populate the OED. Relevant quote from the OED’s own history piece: Many of the most consistently productive readers were not renowned scholars, but interested laypeople. *pause* Now think [...] [...]

Yup, I was right

I was coming down with something when I wrote my last post. Left work early (14:30ish) on Thursday and didn’t make it in on Friday. It didn’t feel flu-ish, but colds never really come with high fever or chills or body aches. (The body aches could have been microtrauma from my workout Wednesday, though.) I’m [...] [...]

The word is spreading…

I just spotted “lesbionic” elsewhere: Happy Endings: Batdyke / Queerty Of course, I’m just waiting for someone to refer to the elementary particle of dykitude, the “lesbion”. Then shall my coinage be complete. [...]