word of the day

Word of the Day: Precision Mass

The logic of hyper war.

Apr 16 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Cognitive Surrender

Will we give up our minds to make nice with AI?

Mar 29 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Tip Creep

Also known as tipflation, and leading to guilt-tipping and tipping fatigue.

Mar 18 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Apothegm

No, it does not mean 'clearing your throat'.

Mar 13 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Snoafers

A trend that came and went so fast I never heard of it.

Mar 7 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Execration

Whole lot of execration goin' on.

Jan 25 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Choiceful

The latest spin from corporrate boardrooms.

Jan 19 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Banausic

Ordinary people, at work.

Jan 12 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Mise en Abyme

Picture in a picture, infinite regression.

Dec 20, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Rage Bait

I'm down with the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year.

Dec 2, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Broetry

A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.

Nov 30, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

Word of the Day: Coverture

When a woman's rights were subsumed by those of her husband.

Nov 26, 2025 • Stowe Boyd

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