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• New in Paperback – This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War

  
  Wig-Wags — Authority: 112
  The good folks at Oxford University Press recently sent me a copy of the new paperback edition of  James McPherson’s This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War . First published in 2007, it comprises 16 essays in which McPherson attempts to answer the following questions: Why did the war come? ...
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• “All I want for Christmas is … ” [anything Austen please!]

  
  Jane Austen in Vermont — Authority: 113
  So here are a few random thoughts for holiday gift giving ~ either for yourself [forward this blog post as a subtle hint to your family and friends] or for your favorite Austen fan: 1.    Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine ~   Every issue is lovely gift in my mailbox!  One can get all sorts of Regency ...
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• Promoting healthy skepticism in the news: Helping journalists get it right

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 639
  An editorial published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in news coverage of cancer research. The editorial provides guidance for both the media and journals to help alleviate the problem.
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• Unfriending — What does it mean?

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks TechStuff — Authority: 121
  One of the stories that gets lots of press this time of the year is what word the dictionary publishers have chosen to be the Word of the Year. This year, the New Oxford American Dictionary featured "unfriend" as the word of the year. Jon Gordon of American Public Medias Future Tense interviewed Ammon Shea , ...
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• Word of the Year: Unfriend

  
  expertSEM — Authority: 125
  As a self-proclaimed word nerd, I’m always looking for ways to incorporate grammar and language use into my posts on expertSEM. To do this, I usually have to stretch and morph the interactive marketing topic to fit my semantic agenda. But I’m happy to report that this week’s topic relates to both social media ...
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• Oxford Dictionary Lets MSNBC Off The Hook For Teabagger Abuse

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 796
  On Monday, we reported that the New Oxford American Dictionary had named “teabagger” a runner-up for its “Word of the Year.” Notably missing from Oxford’s definition was any mention of the term’s other meaning , a subject that makes members of the Tea Party Movement more than a little bit testy . I ...
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• Soyinka: the Great Global Recession will Strangle African Literature

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 481
  Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, 1996 Nobel prize winner for Literature, on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the consequences of the international financial crisis on African literature.   “This crisis is going to cause young Africans to lose interest in reading and books. They are going to move towards ...
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• “Teabagger” Word Of The Year Nomination Amuses Olbermann

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 796
  As we noted on Monday , “ teabagger ” was one of the runners-up for the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year. From the start, it threatened to get more buzz than the winner, the trendy/techy neologism “unfriend.” Enter: Keith Olbermann . Last night, Olbermann devoted a six-minute segment to ...
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• ‘Unfriend’ as Oxford University Press Word of the Year: marketing ploy, (social) media hype

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 588
  The word unfriend recently garnered the Oxford University Press’ Word of the Year recognition. Adrian Chen of Gawker realized that ‘the Word of the Year is a huge scam.’ He says that the past four winners are ‘all just hacky trend pieces from that year, in lexicographic form.’ To recall, the past four ...
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• Teabaggers lose again

  
  Bent Corner — Authority: 139
  Every year, lexicographers at Oxford University Press track words that pop up in the English language and bestow the honor of Word of the Year on one of these new words. For 2009, the word... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• ‘Unfriend’ named Word of the Year in New Oxford American Dictionary

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Melbourne, Nov 17 (ANI): The New Oxford American Dictionary has named ‘unfriend’, which means deleting a friend from a site such as Facebook, as its word of the year.Oxford University Press USA revealed in a blog post that ‘unfriend’, a verb, had beaten netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for ...
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• Unfriend is Oxford “Word of the Year”

  
  American Idol 9 - Rickey.org — Authority: 158
  Unfriend is Oxford “Word of the Year” is a post from: American Idol unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a “friend” on a social networking site such as Facebook. Uses: “I decided to unfriend my roommate on Facebook after we had a fight.” “Don’t you dare unfriend me on Facebook, Rickey!” ...
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• Jaswant Singh’s book to hit Pakistan in Dec

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Karachi, Nov.14 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s controversial yet famous book ‘Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence’ would hit bookstalls in Pakistan next month.However, even before the original copies of the book are made available to the readers, pirated versions of the much ...
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• A way to do away with ALTs?

  
  TEFLtastic with Alex Case — Authority: 128
  (= assistant language teachers). You can see why they might want to, because although their pay is being cut and skimmed off by recruitment agencies while they get abuse for not being qualified teachers and then treated like human tape recorders when they are, none have agreed to live in a cardboard box in the ...
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• Demons Come Dance

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  I am, by day, a Professor of Psychology at UCLA. The author of 10 books (including the forthcoming "Sex Appeal: Six ethical principles for the 21st century" (Oxford University Press)) and over 100 scientific publications. By night, however, I am the lead singer in a new "mythopoetic quasi punk rock band" called ...
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• How to Call Someone “Stupid” in Old English Historical Thesaurus Week

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 743
  Lauren, Publicity Assistant It’s sad, but true. Historical Thesaurus week has come to an end. We feel like we’ve read it cover to cover (to cover to cover) and it’s hard to let go. And so, I’d like to leave you with a valuable lesson I learned: how to use the HTOED to call someone “stupid” in Old ...
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• Students Perform Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora by Dr. William Chapman Nyaho

  
  AfriClassical — Authority: 136
  [ Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora; Compiled and Edited by Dr. William H. Chapman Nyaho; Volume 2, Intermediate; Oxford University Press (2007)] AfriClassical has learned that Students of Carmen Still will be presenting a program of piano music from Dr. William Chapman Nyaho’s ...
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• Historical Thesaurus Week – Christian Kay reflects

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 743
  Professor Christian Kay joined the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary project in 1969, working on it right up to publication this month. In this original post, she reflects on the successes and challenges of forty years’ work on this amazing feat of scholarship. Click here to read more ...
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