I really like Adam Gopnik's review of two new Samuel Johnson books in the New Yorker. The piece is called "Man of Fetters: Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale." (12/8/08)
Coined by Yi-fu Tuan, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Tuan defines topophilia as "the affective bond between people and place."
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bananniethree commented on the word snollygoster
OED dates its first appearance to 1846.
April 21, 2009
bananniethree commented on the word rhopalic
OED: "Applied to verses in which each word contains one syllable more than the one immediately preceding it."
April 13, 2009
bananniethree commented on the word apheresis
Hmmm...why is this not in the OED?
April 13, 2009
bananniethree commented on the word fetter
I really like Adam Gopnik's review of two new Samuel Johnson books in the New Yorker. The piece is called "Man of Fetters: Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale." (12/8/08)
December 2, 2008
bananniethree commented on the word boniface
According to Merriam-Webster, Boniface was the innkeeper in "The Beaux' Stratagem" (1707) by George Farquhar.
November 22, 2008
bananniethree commented on the word topophilia
Coined by Yi-fu Tuan, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Tuan defines topophilia as "the affective bond between people and place."
September 1, 2008
bananniethree commented on the word metaverse
Coined by Neal Stephenson in the 1992 cyber-punk novel "Snow Crash," the metaverse is a future society fundamentally changed by 3D technologies.
August 25, 2008
bananniethree commented on the word lapidary
another definition: characteristic of or suitable for monumental inscriptions (lapidary phrasing)
August 25, 2008