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Kory Stamper
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KoryStamper
Hoagietown, USA
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Lady what wrote dictionaries (formerly @MerriamWebster) & writes books (tinyurl.com/wbwsecretlife). Shorter half of @FiatLexPodcast.
Wry, sly, oft awry.
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Kory Stamper
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but srsly, Paul, think of the cool trucker hat you'll get, that is a snazzy logo
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Kory Stamper
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Sometimes the worst things turn out to be the best things after all.
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Kory Stamper
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17 oras |
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Aww yisssssss
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Kory Stamper
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19 na oras |
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My husband: "Pizza Hut? PITCHERS OF BEER, what are you waiting for?"
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Kory Stamper
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20 oras |
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BREAKING: We have obtained the WH replacement short-list:
1. Godzilla
2. Jack Bauer
3. a bag of ham in a suit
4. Junior (if the ham's not available) twitter.com/AP/status/1014…
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Kory Stamper
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21 oras |
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I am legit no longer at M-W. I'm spending my time writing another book!
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Kory Stamper
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23 oras |
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Algorithm: We read your blog, and you talk a lot about doing customer service, so HERE YA GO
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Kory Stamper
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23 oras |
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Yup, past tense. <shrug> I'm filling my time writing more books, though!
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Kory Stamper
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24 na oras |
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So grateful I now have the freedom to pursue my life's true calling.
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Kory Stamper
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24 na oras |
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<looks directly at camera> pic.twitter.com/ZzQzQPulZU
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Kory Stamper
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"Scared" was used as a form of the verb "scare," so it meant "to be terrified." "Scary" was formed later, in the 1500s, to mean "terrifying," probably to distinguish it from "scared." In "scared," the referent feels terror; in "scary," the referent produces terror.
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Jen Doll
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i wrote about the verb "mans" and how the patriarchy is surreptitiously (or not) embedded in language theweek.com/articles/77969… (ty @KoryStamper!)
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Kory Stamper
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<moves book from bottom of to-read pile to top>
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Kory Stamper
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ONLY WARM TRADER JOE'S PINOT GRIGIO FOR DERSH
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Kory Stamper
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So whenever you get tired of me shootin' off my girl mouth about misogyny and patriarchy, blame Alan Dershowitz.
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Kory Stamper
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I suppose a better verb would have been "reiterating" and not "proclaiming."
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Kory Stamper
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I had to read the article for a high-school class, and his callousness under the guise of "fairness" made me SO ANGRY that I wrote a letter to the editor of my local paper.
It's my first published clip. And marks the point when I realized I was a feminist. (2/2)
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Kory Stamper
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Since we're all sharing Alan Dershowitz stories, here's mine!
In 1991, the NYT published an article about whether rape victims should be named publicly, and Dershowitz advocated that they should. (nytimes.com/1991/04/21/wee…) (1/2)
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Kory Stamper
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Twitter style changes quickly, and it could be that he's just 6 years behind the times. But considering that he has a social media manager....
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Kory Stamper
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You know what's weird, though? Trump didn't start up with the rampant capitalization until very recently. He did start using all-caps in some tweets back in 2014, but the Random Cap Craze really ramped up after the election.
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