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“Synchronate,” Take 2

How to Time-Shift (Just a Little) “Synch-ron-ate” (verb):  taping a TV or cable show, then watching it ” without commercials ” so as to finish at the same time as the live telecast. — Proposed addition to English language; Ross Kaplan. Almost four years ago, I proposed a new word, “synchronate,” to describe the practice of...
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Creative Uses for Old Dictionaries

Finally, Something an Online Dictionary Can’t Do Better Yes, I still consult a dictionary (multiple times a day, in fact). It’s just that I now check online — ditto for thesauruses, famous quotations, and the like. Which left me trying to figure out what to do with one of several “boat anchor” (analog) versions still in my...
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