Words of the Times

A list by John McGrath.

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Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.

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bravura has been listed 18 times with 1 comment
harmonized has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
tractate has been listed 6 times with 4 comments
eruv has been listed 6 times with 5 comments
Canadiana has been listed 1 time with 5 comments
butterfly has been listed 33 times with 7 comments
skip has been listed 20 times with 15 comments
kizzle kazzle has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
telediol has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
goyrl has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
snowmageddon has been listed 4 times with 8 comments
snowpocalypse has been listed 1 time with 5 comments
ned has been listed 4 times with 4 comments
polios has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
tap has been listed 19 times with 4 comments
Stein's law has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
smart dust has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
participatory sensing has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
über-nerdy has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
neegee has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
air gap has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
spear phishing has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
démarche has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
reionization has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
attitudinous has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
catalogue raisonné has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
strategic default has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
riverine has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
agita has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
terminal sedation has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
chronotherapy has been listed 3 times with 2 comments
subitizing has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
hacktivism has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
missing mass has been listed 1 time with 3 comments
black diamonds has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
computational thinking has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
exaflood has been listed 3 times with 2 comments
flummox has been listed 110 times with 6 comments
watermen has been listed 2 times with 2 comments
reverb has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
precautionary principle has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
Shanghai, Mumbai, Dubai, Goodbye has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
Ottomania has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
lala has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
alaia has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
dupe has been listed 14 times with 3 comments
pottsy has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
boxed has been listed 4 times with 2 comments
shared intentionality has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
optimism has been listed 13 times with 4 comments
de novo has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
having a kickback has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
cover has been listed 11 times with 4 comments
irritable heart has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
columny has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
reporterette has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
chivy has been listed 14 times with 1 comment
beth din has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
haredim has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
wind energy drying devices has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
jacquard has been listed 14 times with 1 comment
mediagenic has been listed 3 times with 2 comments
ojek has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
zabaleen has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
chat has been listed 16 times with 7 comments
voluptuary has been listed 31 times with 1 comment
boycott has been listed 13 times with 8 comments
coverlet has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
attosecond has been listed 4 times with 3 comments
perseveration has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
mangue bit has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
glomerulonephritis has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
boondoggle has been listed 52 times with 4 comments
white spider has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
macher has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
paco has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
anomaly detection has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
frigor has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
bokeh has been listed 22 times with 2 comments
lesbian bullet has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
chumiles has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
galápagos syndrome has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
chorine has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
health alteration committee has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
aché has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
kibo has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
anchor has been listed 19 times with 4 comments
cronkiter has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
late blight has been listed 1 time with 9 comments
bilat has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
soul mate has been listed 4 times with 3 comments
reiki has been listed 7 times with 6 comments
hijra has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
amusia has been listed 7 times with 3 comments
assommoir has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
sarod has been listed 3 times with 3 comments
ustad has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
take rate has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
cow of the future has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
pansy has been listed 27 times with 6 comments

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24 days ago prolagus said:
succès de scandale.
about 1 month ago john said:
No umbrage taken—I was more like "uh huh. and?"

It's mutual :-)
about 1 month ago frogapplause said:
Embrace your nerdfulness, John. Your Wordies love you.
about 1 month ago john said:
thanks pro! for a second there i thought you were talking about this list or it's author.
about 1 month ago prolagus said:
über-nerdy.
12 months ago prolagus said:
Ordnung? ("The Lines a German Won’t Cross", April 4, 2009)
about 1 year ago john said:
Awesome, thank you :-)
about 1 year ago prolagus said:
Peregruzka? (Here.)
over 1 year ago prolagus said:
Predate and spine-decalcifying sound very interesting to me.
over 1 year ago john said:
Thanks pro, added :-)
over 1 year ago prolagus said:
Wrap rage.
over 1 year ago prolagus said:
Bloviator.

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