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On this day in 1828, Webster published his "An American Dictionary of the English Language".

Noah Webster,
Word herder.
Herded words from A to Z
Into "An American Dictionary"

What comes to mind when you think of Webster?

@MerriamWebster

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Here's one way to describe it: a hyphen is a short horizontal line. An apostrophe is a curved vertical line.

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Strange but true: "Limerick Writers' Centre" is not
about limerick writing. 😜
https://t.co/OjvEMuYmyu

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"Find a pair of awesome."
Is adjective the new noun? Read about it at https://t.co/pqOKUurhrq

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fAcEtIOUsY, they are still around ...
https://t.co/89GJv5ix5M

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Mickey Mouse may be a lovable cartoon character, but he is also responsible for the "bizarre 20-year hiatus between the release of works" between 1922 & 1923 https://t.co/NJJ3chfaPl

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Words, wordplay, puzzles ... and stroke.
Read Anu Garg's piece in today's New York TImes
https://t.co/OYp4VMvv1F

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What would call a group of wordlovers?
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A joke that you cannot tell:

How do you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?
Ask them to pronounce 'unionized'.

But you can share it in writing.

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"In the early days, etymology was much easier."
https://t.co/nm93L6uBWn

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Happy birthday to Noah Webster, America's lexicographer!

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Pay attention to what your English teacher tells you about the punctuation. One misplaced comma and you unwittingly end up admitting you're a conman. https://t.co/88sueP1aeg

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!

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Happy birthday to Samuel Johnson, lexicographer extraordinaire!

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They is here. Get used to it.
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@BriceStratford Hi Brice, We'd like to use your picture as Ralph Roister Doister (https://t.co/9NmsacWpDI) with the term roister-doister in https://t.co/bnmTZkmkxb https://t.co/bhTzZAOEah
Are you able to give the permission? Also, do you know the name of the photographer? Thanks!

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IHOP became IHOb became IHOB. Microsoft could become Wicrosoft.
What corporations can you help reinvent themselves by flipping a letter in their names?
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@IHOP

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Today I learned a new word, one that applies to me:
Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
https://t.co/TYTxjo4rok

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“parents in South Korea have their children undergo a form of surgery that snips off a thin band of tissue under the tongue … because they believe it will make their children speak English better"
https://t.co/7iVd1pOnXN
I have no words.

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... As the conductor of the Knight Bus which not only avoids tolls, but cars, garbage bins, buildings, and alleyways that get in the way of its destination, Stan could hardly have been better named." [Image: Harry Potter Wiki]

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Reader Bhavna Jha wrote about shunpike in A.Word.A. Day https://t.co/AR3VLsNddF:

"Stan Shunpike seemed like an innocuous name ... I should have known @jk_rowling better than to believe that the name of such a colourful character would have been left to mere chance!