http://negroplease.vox.com/library/posts/tags/words/page/1/ rumor has it, a blogger once lived here. en Vox Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:38:17 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss words http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-big-ups-to-big-up.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jason) http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-big-ups-to-big-up.html?_c=feed-rss http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-big-ups-to-big-up.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:38:17 -0800 Note that Jaime Pressly said that “Ugly Betty” was “big-upping the ugly fat girl,” not that the show was “bigging up the ugly fat girl” (or “bigging the ugly fat girl up“). So we find that big-up is being treated as a single entity that can be in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-big-ups-to-big-up.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398d733f30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> words speakeasy jaime pressly ugly betty ben zimmer oupblog big-up http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/wotd-winnow.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jason) http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/wotd-winnow.html?_c=feed-rss http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/wotd-winnow.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:27:41 -0800 Definitions of winnow on the Web: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass" cull out: select desirable part... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/wotd-winnow.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d414207cdd3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> google books words wotd wordnet the race beat hank klibanoff gene roberts harry ashmore winnow