Seriously? And they don’t recognize grayling or milt, either. Humph.
(NYT Spelling Bee, to which I am addicted.)
I’ve only seen Hadrian’s Wall from a viewpoint near Carlisle. Be fun to drive it or hike it, if only to send someone a postcard from a place called Haltwhistle. (Brilliant Maps)
Route 66 stamps in 2026! Squee! (USPS)
Quote: “Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen slop as the 2025 Word of the Year. We define slop as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again.” (h/t Today in Tabs)
FF to 10:05. (Firing Line/PBS)
Quote for the day
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will. Integrity is not a search for the rewards of integrity. Maybe all you ever get for it is the largest kick in the ass the world can provide. It is not supposed to be a productive asset. –John D. MacDonald
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I am also addicted to spelling bee and most days I find at least one word that is “not found”—I am alternately frustrated and proud of my (superior) vocabulary !
I have discovered that I cannot spell “rococo” correctly until I have tried all of the many other incorrect versions. And the slang and the foreign words they include are always surprising.