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Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In White Supremacy is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World, Dr. Akilah Cadet shares her life and teachings to show the shadow structures in the United States (and beyond) that […] The post Five Words From … White Supremacy is All Around by Dr. Akilah Cadet first appeared on Wordnik.

Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet, from technology journalist Taylor Lorenz, explores how social media platforms have changed what it means to create and consume content, who content creators […] The post Five Words From … Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz first appeared on Wordnik.

Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! Thinking with Your Hands, from cognitive psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow, will open your eyes to the parallel track of communication that is literally in your hands. Thinking with Your Hands is a fascinating, well-written, and deeply researched […] The post Five Words From … Thinking with Your Hands by Susan Goldin-Meadow first appeared on Wordnik.

Five interesting words from Worn: A People's History of Clothing The post Five Words From … Worn, by Sofi Thanhauser first appeared on Wordnik.

Hwæt the heck? Old English is fundamental to the language we speak every day, yet few people outside medievalists and literature scholars know very much about it. Hana Videen is here to change that: in 2013, she started the Wordhord twitter account, posting one Old English word a day. She’s since expanded her efforts: the […] The post Beyond Beowulf: Q&A with Hana Videen, author of The Wordhord first appeared on Wordnik.

The month of March is upon us, and with it its attendant madness. College basketball is all well and good, but here at Wordnik we’ll be celebrating the first ever LEXICON LUNACY. Here’s how it works:  We’ve taken the 32 most-loved words from 2021 and bracketized them into a single-elimination tournament. Every day this month, […] The post Introducing LEXICON LUNACY 2022! first appeared on Wordnik.

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing wraps up today. Over the past two weeks, we’ve watched athletes and teams from 91 nations skate, ski, and sleigh their way to Olympic glory (including 25 medals for Team USA!) and learned plenty of new words in the process. Here, our nine favorite Winter Olympics terms and […] The post Eye on the Hog! Nine of our Favorite Winter Olympics Words first appeared on Wordnik.

Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books!  The hottest Matrix of 2021 had nothing to do with white rabbits, red pills, or Keanu Reeves. This Matrix, Lauren Groff’s latest novel, tells the story of Marie de France as she progresses from ungainly orphan […] The post Five Words From … Matrix, by Lauren Groff first appeared on Wordnik.

Wondering what to get this year for the logophile in your life? Here’s a list of books, games, art, and other goodies for word nerds of all ages.  Adopt a word What better gift for a word lover than… a word? For $25, you can adopt a word—(almost) any word—in someone’s honor. The recipient will […] The post The Wordnik 2021 Gift Guide for Word Lovers first appeared on Wordnik.

The fictional universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune saga is incredibly expansive, with each book in the series accompanied by a glossary of more than 100 terms. With the release of Denis Villeneuve’s latest film adaptation, some moviegoers have set to frantic Googling, desperate to tell their sardaukar from their shai-hulud. Herbert dug into a deep […] The post To Arrakis and Beyond: The Language of Dune first appeared on Wordnik.