Mastodawn

#BenitoMussolini created the word #fascism he defined it as 'the merging of the STATE and the CORPORATION. He also said a more ACCURATE word would be #corporatism. This WAS the definition in #Webster's up until 1987 when a #corporation bought it and CHANGED it to exclude ANY mention of #corporations

Scottish Lass Apr 29, 2025

The Stand is moving...a Glasgow comedy club is moving to a new venue
" the former Lansdowne Church on Great Western Road - with its familiar slender spire – has been operating as Websters Theatre...From September 2025 the building will become the new home for the iconic Stand Comedy Club, which will move from its existing premises just round the corner on Woodlands Road..."

#Glasgow #Comedy #Theatre #Websters #StandUp

Benjamin Allocco Is Writing Dec 2, 2022

I think my vote for word of the year would have been "troll." And not because of the movie that just came out.

Maybe it is a more appropriate word for the decade. I hope not, but I guess we will see.

#WordOfTheYear #Websters #Dictionary

janPiteJanseke Dec 30, 2018

'Conlang,' 'microaggression' among Merriam-Webster's new words

https://nypost.com/2017/02/07/conlang-microaggression-among-merriam-websters-new-words/

#conlang #konlan #Websters #puku_nimi

‘Conlang,’ ‘microaggression’ among Merriam-Webster’s new words

NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. In addition to elevating “surreal” in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on Tuesda…