Snarge: "The residue smeared on an airplane after a bird/plane collision. The snarge is generally all that is left of the bird. See if you can use it in casual conversation today! (via Dan Hon)
Your word of the day
Deaf kids in 1980s Nicaragua created a language from thin air
In 1977, a special-education center opened in Managua with 50 deaf children. Enrollment reached 400 across two schools by 1983. Teachers drilled the students in spoken Spanish and lipreading, "with… READ THE REST
Old English word of the day
The Old English Wordhord unlocks one medieval word a day, pairing each term with its definition, pronunciation and, often, a manuscript illustration. The site's creator (or should it be wordwyrm?)… READ THE REST
Fed Chair Alan Greenspan intentionally babbled meaningless slop and got away with it
While chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan developed what economist Alan Blinder called "a turgid dialect of English" — deliberate obscurantism designed to prevent financial markets from overreacting to… READ THE REST
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