Join #ThatWordChat this afternoon as @librarianjones.com shares her journey as a librarian and an advocate for access to books. Register here: bit.ly/ThatWordChat
#FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks
#FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks
Amanda Jones knows the cost of standing up for free speech—her fight against #BookBanning turned her into a target for extremists. Join #ThatWordChat next week to hear her story, explore her memoir, and discuss how to protect access to stories.
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#LibrariesMatter
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#LibrariesMatter
December 10, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Join #ThatWordChat this afternoon as @librarianjones.com shares her journey as a librarian and an advocate for access to books. Register here: bit.ly/ThatWordChat
#FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks
#FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks
April 5, 2024 at 8:55 PM
We're thrilled to feature a star-studded panel for our annual #WOTY show!
Join us next week to chat about the words that define 2023.
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#Dictionarycom #TheEconomist #OED #SussexUni #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety #ThatWordChat
Join us next week to chat about the words that define 2023.
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#Dictionarycom #TheEconomist #OED #SussexUni #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety #ThatWordChat
January 5, 2024 at 1:56 AM
We're thrilled to feature a star-studded panel for our annual #WOTY show!
Join us next week to chat about the words that define 2023.
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#Dictionarycom #TheEconomist #OED #SussexUni #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety #ThatWordChat
Join us next week to chat about the words that define 2023.
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#Dictionarycom #TheEconomist #OED #SussexUni #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:52 PM
@librarianjones.com has also started a nonprofit, Librarians Building Libraries: sites.google.com/view/buildin.... #ThatWordChat
Librarians Building Libraries
Our mission is to collaborate with library communities worldwide, providing resources, training, and innovative solutions that promote literacy and provide access for all.
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December 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
@librarianjones.com has also started a nonprofit, Librarians Building Libraries: sites.google.com/view/buildin.... #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Is it helpful to get on your library and school boards to fight these censorship battles? @librarianjones.com: Absolutely, even if censorship hasn't happened yet. Develop a group of library lovers to protect the libraries. It can take just one person to start banning books. #ThatWordChat
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Is it helpful to get on your library and school boards to fight these censorship battles? @librarianjones.com: Absolutely, even if censorship hasn't happened yet. Develop a group of library lovers to protect the libraries. It can take just one person to start banning books. #ThatWordChat
I'm so excited for this! Come learn about conscious language from @karenyin.bsky.social. You can still sign up: bit.ly/ThatWordChat
#WritingTips #AmWriting #FreelanceEditing
#WritingTips #AmWriting #FreelanceEditing
Last chance to register! Tomorrow, I'll be chatting with my pal Mark Allen (@editormark.bsky.social) about conscious language and debunking some myths. Who uses conscious language? Chances are, you do. Bring your questions!
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#AmEditing #WritingCommunity #ACES2024 📚
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#AmEditing #WritingCommunity #ACES2024 📚
May 14, 2024 at 12:58 PM
I'm so excited for this! Come learn about conscious language from @karenyin.bsky.social. You can still sign up: bit.ly/ThatWordChat
#WritingTips #AmWriting #FreelanceEditing
#WritingTips #AmWriting #FreelanceEditing
Speaking up against censorship isn’t easy, but @librarianjones.com refuses to stay silent. She joined #ThatWordChat to discuss her new book and the fight for intellectual freedom.
Watch the conversation at 4:30 PM ET (21:30 UTC) on YouTube: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo
#FreeSpeech #Libraries
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#FreeSpeech #Libraries
January 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Speaking up against censorship isn’t easy, but @librarianjones.com refuses to stay silent. She joined #ThatWordChat to discuss her new book and the fight for intellectual freedom.
Watch the conversation at 4:30 PM ET (21:30 UTC) on YouTube: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo
#FreeSpeech #Libraries
Watch the conversation at 4:30 PM ET (21:30 UTC) on YouTube: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo
#FreeSpeech #Libraries
Tomorrow is #ThatWordChat’s Words of the Year 2024 show! We're thrilled to host an international panel of experts to discuss the language that defined 2024.
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#WOTY #ANDC #OED #UniversityOfSussex #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety
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January 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Tomorrow is #ThatWordChat’s Words of the Year 2024 show! We're thrilled to host an international panel of experts to discuss the language that defined 2024.
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#WOTY #ANDC #OED #UniversityOfSussex #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety
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#WOTY #ANDC #OED #UniversityOfSussex #CambridgeDictionary #MerriamWebster #AmericanDialectSociety
That Word Chat is back Sept. 29 with Eli Burnstein, on release day for “Phrased & Confused: The Curious Meanings of Timeless Quotations.”
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 UTC).
#ThatWordChat #AmReading #AmEditing #BookRelease
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 UTC).
#ThatWordChat #AmReading #AmEditing #BookRelease
September 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
That Word Chat is back Sept. 29 with Eli Burnstein, on release day for “Phrased & Confused: The Curious Meanings of Timeless Quotations.”
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 UTC).
#ThatWordChat #AmReading #AmEditing #BookRelease
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 UTC).
#ThatWordChat #AmReading #AmEditing #BookRelease
I mean, it's a fair point! En dashes are for editors. #ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I mean, it's a fair point! En dashes are for editors. #ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
“Editors want more en dashes but readers don’t [long pause] like them.” —Russell Harper
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:57 PM
“Editors want more en dashes but readers don’t [long pause] like them.” —Russell Harper
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
In citations, it's common to list the city of publication. CMOS18 is dropping that recommendation!
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
In citations, it's common to list the city of publication. CMOS18 is dropping that recommendation!
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
Epstein[en dash]Barr virus (two people)
Ali[en dash]Frazier match (two people)
but
Albers-Schonberg disease (one person)
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
Ali[en dash]Frazier match (two people)
but
Albers-Schonberg disease (one person)
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Epstein[en dash]Barr virus (two people)
Ali[en dash]Frazier match (two people)
but
Albers-Schonberg disease (one person)
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
Ali[en dash]Frazier match (two people)
but
Albers-Schonberg disease (one person)
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
Singular "they": In informal writing CMOS is okay with it.
Somebody forgot their coat.
The author wants their privacy protected.
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
Somebody forgot their coat.
The author wants their privacy protected.
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Singular "they": In informal writing CMOS is okay with it.
Somebody forgot their coat.
The author wants their privacy protected.
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
Somebody forgot their coat.
The author wants their privacy protected.
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
New entries include farm-to-table, adulting, cancel culture, doomscroll, deadname, dumbphone, rando. Compound-heavy, time-stamped, unmistakably 21st-century. #ThatWordChat
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New entries include farm-to-table, adulting, cancel culture, doomscroll, deadname, dumbphone, rando. Compound-heavy, time-stamped, unmistakably 21st-century. #ThatWordChat
We’re going live with @drlornagibb.bsky.social on April 22 to celebrate "Rare Tongues," her powerful new book about endangered languages around the world.
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#ThatWordChat #BookLaunch #AmReading #Linguistics
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#ThatWordChat #BookLaunch #AmReading #Linguistics
April 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We’re going live with @drlornagibb.bsky.social on April 22 to celebrate "Rare Tongues," her powerful new book about endangered languages around the world.
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#ThatWordChat #BookLaunch #AmReading #Linguistics
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#ThatWordChat #BookLaunch #AmReading #Linguistics
With the 19th edition, will there be a print edition? Most likely, yes. It's a book about making books.
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 9:01 PM
With the 19th edition, will there be a print edition? Most likely, yes. It's a book about making books.
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
#ACES2024 #ThatWordChat
He's missed part of the point of objecting to "he or she." Male dominance! Leaving out nonbinary people! But yes, somebody forgot their coat. #ACES2024 #singularThey #ThatWordChat
April 5, 2024 at 8:47 PM
He's missed part of the point of objecting to "he or she." Male dominance! Leaving out nonbinary people! But yes, somebody forgot their coat. #ACES2024 #singularThey #ThatWordChat
Off-the-charts rizz for today's #ThatWordChat.
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#words #woty #woty2023
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#words #woty #woty2023
January 9, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Off-the-charts rizz for today's #ThatWordChat.
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#words #woty #woty2023
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#words #woty #woty2023
We'll talk to @grantbarrett.com , @lanegreene.bsky.social , Fiona McPherson, @lynneguist.bsky.social, WendalynNichols, @petersokolowski.bsky.social @Kelly Wright, and @benzimmer.bsky.social . #woty #ThatWordChat
January 5, 2024 at 2:22 AM
We'll talk to @grantbarrett.com , @lanegreene.bsky.social , Fiona McPherson, @lynneguist.bsky.social, WendalynNichols, @petersokolowski.bsky.social @Kelly Wright, and @benzimmer.bsky.social . #woty #ThatWordChat
If you won't be live at #ACES2024, make sure you sign up for the #ThatWordChat special episode, featuring CMoS's Russell Harper!
The Chicago Manual of Style updates this fall, and #ThatWordChat has the first look . Join us at 4 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 5, as we welcome principal reviser Russell Harper.
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#CMOS #ChicagoManual #Editing #Publishing #Chat #ACES2024
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#CMOS #ChicagoManual #Editing #Publishing #Chat #ACES2024
March 29, 2024 at 2:24 PM
If you won't be live at #ACES2024, make sure you sign up for the #ThatWordChat special episode, featuring CMoS's Russell Harper!
April 2, 2024 at 4:05 PM
New slang is always bubbling up, but which words stick around?
Lexicographer John Kelly (@mashedradish.bsky.social) has been exploring that question for Merriam-Webster, and he’ll be bringing his insights to #ThatWordChat.
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Lexicographer John Kelly (@mashedradish.bsky.social) has been exploring that question for Merriam-Webster, and he’ll be bringing his insights to #ThatWordChat.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New slang is always bubbling up, but which words stick around?
Lexicographer John Kelly (@mashedradish.bsky.social) has been exploring that question for Merriam-Webster, and he’ll be bringing his insights to #ThatWordChat.
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Lexicographer John Kelly (@mashedradish.bsky.social) has been exploring that question for Merriam-Webster, and he’ll be bringing his insights to #ThatWordChat.
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#WordNerd #AmEditing #AmWriting