Contest: Word Manglers Welcome

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in Cartoons, Contest, Reviews, Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing | 3 Comments »

Blog Review: WordPlay Café Neologisms Contest What do you call a baseball player who keeps adjusting his batting glove for the 28th time, backing in and out of the batters box, checking his ... Read more..

Commonly Misspelled Vocabulary Words

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Posted in Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | 2 Comments »

Some words just beg to be spelled wrong or otherwise abused. Here are some of them: Common misspellings (The bold words are spelled correctly.) accommodate Don't you just want to take out ... Read more..

More 50-cent Vocabulary Words

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | 2 Comments »

Here are some more tough vocabulary words. Match the terms below with their definitions. See the bottom of this post for the answers. Terms 1. Dearth (pronounced: derth) 2. Frisson (pronounced: free SAW) 3. ... Read more..

Fifty-cent Words: A Vocabulary Words Quiz

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Vocabulary and Spelling | 7 Comments »

If you know the definitions for even half these vocabulary words, give yourself an A+. Match the terms below with their definitions. See the bottom of this post for the ... Read more..