New Words Added to Dictionary

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Some interesting ones, particularly the “mondegreen.” Love the examples!

And then there’s “mondegreen.” In a category of its own, it describes words mistaken for other words. A mondegreen most often comes from misunderstood phrases or lyrics.

It comes from an old Scottish ballad in which the lyric “laid him on the green” has been confused over time with “Lady Mondegreen.”

Among the best-known modern examples: “There’s a bathroom on the right” in place of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “There’s a bad moon on the rise” and “‘Scuse me, while I kiss this guy” in place of “kiss the sky” in the 1967 Jimi Hendrix classic “Purple Haze.”

Merriam-Webster unveils new dictionary words

They’re tickled enough by that one to request submissions at their website.

Jan

15

Starting a List of Favorite Bookmarks

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For quick, easy reference and convenience I started a list of favorite bookmarks today.

Bookmarks

Nov

20

Hidden stair access followup

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On Nov. 6th a post was done on hidden stair access concerning how to tell how competitive phrases are for search results. What’s interesting is that there was a link to the Google search for it in a Search Engine Watch thread, and PhilC also did a commentary on the hidden stair access competive issue at his forum, which can be found linked to from the Google Search result for the phrase, as well as on his blog. I always enjoy reading Phil’s comments and analysis, he’s got a very realistic approach in his thinking and assesses matters from a logical, analytic stance.

Two weeks later, there’s some interesting analysis to be done about how and why the results have shifted around the way they have during the elapsed time.