EditorMark
@editormark.bsky.social
Focus: the free exchange of ideas. Editor, writer, ally. Advocate for plain language, journalism, diversity, tolerance. Believes universities, corporations and other institutions should not be arms of the state (i.e., antifascist). Host, That Word Chat.
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Have something editors can use tomorrow? Submit a proposal to present an ACES Academy webcast.
Start your proposal here: https://aceseditors.org/training/the-aces-academy/want-to-propose-a-webcast
Start your proposal here: https://aceseditors.org/training/the-aces-academy/want-to-propose-a-webcast
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Have something editors can use tomorrow? Submit a proposal to present an ACES Academy webcast.
Start your proposal here: https://aceseditors.org/training/the-aces-academy/want-to-propose-a-webcast
Start your proposal here: https://aceseditors.org/training/the-aces-academy/want-to-propose-a-webcast
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@marthabarnette.bsky.social's book "Friends With Words" is packed with tidbits for word lovers, and in today's podcast we look at some of my favorites:
— Why South Carolinians paint porches "haint blue" (to ward off ghosts)
— What a "quidnunc" is (a nosy neighbor)
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APPLE: tinyurl.com/2cwb4t92
— Why South Carolinians paint porches "haint blue" (to ward off ghosts)
— What a "quidnunc" is (a nosy neighbor)
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APPLE: tinyurl.com/2cwb4t92
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@marthabarnette.bsky.social's book "Friends With Words" is packed with tidbits for word lovers, and in today's podcast we look at some of my favorites:
— Why South Carolinians paint porches "haint blue" (to ward off ghosts)
— What a "quidnunc" is (a nosy neighbor)
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APPLE: tinyurl.com/2cwb4t92
— Why South Carolinians paint porches "haint blue" (to ward off ghosts)
— What a "quidnunc" is (a nosy neighbor)
1/2
APPLE: tinyurl.com/2cwb4t92
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What is YOUR Word of the Year for 2025?
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What is YOUR Word of the Year for 2025?
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Our friends at the @efafreelancers.bsky.social are asking the editing community to help with this year's Rate Survey with a public survey open to nonmember freelancers in addition to the member survey. Find the public survey at twp.ai/ImsmoM
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our friends at the @efafreelancers.bsky.social are asking the editing community to help with this year's Rate Survey with a public survey open to nonmember freelancers in addition to the member survey. Find the public survey at twp.ai/ImsmoM
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Cutting it fine again...November's Separated by a Common Newsletter is up and out!
Includes: pled or pleaded? British kids talking trash? Last words and words of the year. Plus links, links, links
lynneguist.substack.com/p/pled-head
Includes: pled or pleaded? British kids talking trash? Last words and words of the year. Plus links, links, links
lynneguist.substack.com/p/pled-head
Pled head
This time: pled or pleaded? British kids talking trash? Last words and words of the year. Plus more links than you'll click, but isn't it nice that they're there?
lynneguist.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Cutting it fine again...November's Separated by a Common Newsletter is up and out!
Includes: pled or pleaded? British kids talking trash? Last words and words of the year. Plus links, links, links
lynneguist.substack.com/p/pled-head
Includes: pled or pleaded? British kids talking trash? Last words and words of the year. Plus links, links, links
lynneguist.substack.com/p/pled-head
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I think some of the greatest delights in the business of etymology are words—especially everyday words—whose origins we just don’t know.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I think some of the greatest delights in the business of etymology are words—especially everyday words—whose origins we just don’t know.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
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It's arrived—and it's gorgeous.
I opened @merriam-webster.com's new Twelfth Collegiate at random, and the first word I came across was the second, verbal sense of "load."
Huzzah!
This spread also showcases some delights, like the illustrations and word lists.
I opened @merriam-webster.com's new Twelfth Collegiate at random, and the first word I came across was the second, verbal sense of "load."
Huzzah!
This spread also showcases some delights, like the illustrations and word lists.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's arrived—and it's gorgeous.
I opened @merriam-webster.com's new Twelfth Collegiate at random, and the first word I came across was the second, verbal sense of "load."
Huzzah!
This spread also showcases some delights, like the illustrations and word lists.
I opened @merriam-webster.com's new Twelfth Collegiate at random, and the first word I came across was the second, verbal sense of "load."
Huzzah!
This spread also showcases some delights, like the illustrations and word lists.
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Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
'Das crazy' has been voted German Youth Word of the Year 2025
Every year, Germany’s youth select their annual "Youth Word of the Year", which is voted for by youngsters around the country.View on euronews
uk.news.yahoo.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
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2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We've just recorded an interview with @lynneguist.bsky.social for the @lexispodcast.bsky.social and then this absolute whopper of a piece gets published. It's jam-packed with clichéd complaints, hoary hyperbole & xenophobic waffle.
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We've just recorded an interview with @lynneguist.bsky.social for the @lexispodcast.bsky.social and then this absolute whopper of a piece gets published. It's jam-packed with clichéd complaints, hoary hyperbole & xenophobic waffle.
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
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This one surprises to me. The Cambridge Dictionary 2025 Word of the Year is "parasocial."
"Parasocial" feels more 2017 to me. Have you heard it more lately?
"Parasocial" feels more 2017 to me. Have you heard it more lately?
The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2025
Cambridge Dictionary has announced parasocial as its Word of the Year 2025. Learn what parasocial relationships mean in social media, AI companions, fandom culture and celebrity obsession.
dictionary.cambridge.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This one surprises to me. The Cambridge Dictionary 2025 Word of the Year is "parasocial."
"Parasocial" feels more 2017 to me. Have you heard it more lately?
"Parasocial" feels more 2017 to me. Have you heard it more lately?
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Make your 2025 words-of-the-year nominations for the only vote that matters! bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Make your 2025 words-of-the-year nominations for the only vote that matters! bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS
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Happening today!
Join #ThatWordChat at 4:30 p.m. ET for a live conversation with Merriam-Webster’s Peter Sokolowski on the new 12th edition of the dictionary.
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
#Editors #Lexicography #WordNerd
Join #ThatWordChat at 4:30 p.m. ET for a live conversation with Merriam-Webster’s Peter Sokolowski on the new 12th edition of the dictionary.
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
#Editors #Lexicography #WordNerd
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happening today!
Join #ThatWordChat at 4:30 p.m. ET for a live conversation with Merriam-Webster’s Peter Sokolowski on the new 12th edition of the dictionary.
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
#Editors #Lexicography #WordNerd
Join #ThatWordChat at 4:30 p.m. ET for a live conversation with Merriam-Webster’s Peter Sokolowski on the new 12th edition of the dictionary.
Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com
#Editors #Lexicography #WordNerd
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🌟Want to be recognized for your impact and innovation? The Connolly Rising Star Awards celebrate early-career editors (10 years or less) who have made significant contributions—whether through innovation, advocacy, or excellence in editing. Nominate through 10/15. tinyurl.com/593pa5d8
October 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🌟Want to be recognized for your impact and innovation? The Connolly Rising Star Awards celebrate early-career editors (10 years or less) who have made significant contributions—whether through innovation, advocacy, or excellence in editing. Nominate through 10/15. tinyurl.com/593pa5d8
Check out the live posts from the show at #ThatWordChat.
About to live podcast with @editormark.bsky.social on That Word Chat. Come on in www.thatwordchat.com
That Word Chat | A Language Celebration
That Word Chat is a wordy celebration of editing and all things lexical, featuring fun conversations with interesting guests.
www.thatwordchat.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Check out the live posts from the show at #ThatWordChat.
Tuesday!
Next week on #ThatWordChat, journalist Stefan Fatsis joins us to talk about “Unabridged,” his new book about life inside Merriam-Webster and the high-stakes world of modern dictionaries.
Tuesday, Oct. 7
4:30 p.m. EDT | 20:30 UTC
Register here: ThatWordChat.com
#Lexicography #Unabridged #AmReading
Tuesday, Oct. 7
4:30 p.m. EDT | 20:30 UTC
Register here: ThatWordChat.com
#Lexicography #Unabridged #AmReading
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tuesday!
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September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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If you have a stylebook online subscription, you can view PDFs of past AP Style documents and see how it's changed over the years. #ACESVCON25
September 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you have a stylebook online subscription, you can view PDFs of past AP Style documents and see how it's changed over the years. #ACESVCON25
Updates coming in #APStylebook: "dreamers" less used these days; "self-deportation" is more common. #ACESVCon25
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Updates coming in #APStylebook: "dreamers" less used these days; "self-deportation" is more common. #ACESVCon25
In retrospect, Anna Jo Bratton is proud of #APStylebook decisions on "Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of Mexico." #ACESVCon25
September 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In retrospect, Anna Jo Bratton is proud of #APStylebook decisions on "Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of Mexico." #ACESVCon25
New entry coming in #APStylebook: dox, doxed, doxing. Just the one x. #ACESVCon25
September 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New entry coming in #APStylebook: dox, doxed, doxing. Just the one x. #ACESVCon25