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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Addressing Our Weaknesses
Hi, I’m Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD., editor and compiler of Roget’s New Millenium Thesaurus. The synonym “weaker sex” appears in many thesauruses for terms like woman, lady, and female. It is considered an informal, possibly derogatory, synonym for those words. Due to the way our search technology works, a search for weaker appeared to […]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
There IS A Word For Your Idea
As a lexicographer, I share the common frustration of trying to find the word for what you mean, locating the precise word for what you want to say. For those like me who have an idea, concept, or definition but who do not know, cannot remember, or are uncertain of the word, we offer […]