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OED in the NYT

Excellent article on everyone's fave ginormous reference work. (Think ginormous in in there somewhere?)

Here's a little preview:

"Cyber-Neologoliferation"

Air kiss is defined with careful anatomical instructions plus a note: “sometimes with the connotation that such a gesture implies insincerity or affectation.”

Builder’s bum is reportedly Brit. and colloq., “with allusion to the perceived propensity of builders to expose inadvertently this part of the body.”

No one is particularly proud of the new entry as of December 2003 for nucular, a word not associated with high standards of diction. “Bizarrely, I was amazed to find that the spelling n-u-c-u-l-a-r has decades of history,” Gilliver says. “And that is not to be confused with the quite different word, nucular, meaning ‘of or relating to a nucule.’ ” There is even a new entry for miniscule; it has citations going back more than 100 years. Yet the very notion of correct and incorrect spelling seems under attack. In Shakespeare’s day, there was no such thing: no right and wrong in spelling, no dictionaries to consult. The word debt could be spelled det, dete, dett, dette or dept, and no one would complain.

karaoke?

I've heard the rumors...when is this happening???!!!

To whomever schedules this night of excitement: can you be sure to accomodate Kelly's schedule? Girlfriend has told some stories and I want to see her in action!

Pucker Up

I know that most of you are recovering from a suger hangover, but I am bringing you more candy! This clip is priceless--particularly the little kiddies and the guy in the plaid shirt (is he overacting or is he just that animated?!)

Yum-O.

Oh no

Good news for those of you who worried that your skinny jeans weren't revealing enough. Now we're allowed to wander around with our tushes exposed to the world. Hooray!

The Wanderer er er er er er!!!

(The title is supposed to be an echo, in case you're wondering)

This video was on the Isthmus website. Apparently people in Madison had way too much time on their hands in the 80s.

The music is the best part.

Clap Hands!

Anyone else catch this? It's freaking awesome: