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Nancy Friedman
Oakland, California
Fritinancy: a chirping or creaking, as of a cricket (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913 edition); formerly known as Away With Words.
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Word of the week: Catch-22
Posted 16 hours ago at Fritinancy
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On the Strong Language blog: Enshittification
My latest post for Strong Language, the sweary blog about swearing, is about two sweary neologisms: enshittify and enshittification. Both were coined within the last year by journalist and author Cory Doctorow, who uses them to describe the current state of certain large internet platforms and e-commerce sites. Read more... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Prompt
Posted 7 days ago at Fritinancy
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January linkfest
Posted Jan 27, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Using AI to create names and taglines
My latest story for Medium explores the potential and limitations of artificial-intelligence tools like ChatGPT to create names and taglines. I gave a few of these tools a spin; read the story to find out my verdict: Can you use ChatGPT to create brand names? If you hit a paywall,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Crixa
Posted Jan 23, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Buffalo
Posted Jan 19, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Vegemite
Posted Jan 16, 2023 at Fritinancy
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The last word (for now) on words of the year
My new story for Medium takes a deeper look at words of the year (WotYs): how, why, and by whom they’re chosen. I also investigate the peculiar institution known as Banished Words, a (mostly) tongue-in-cheek tradition, or PR stunt, at Lake Superior State University, in Michigan. Read Words of the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: -ussy
Posted Jan 9, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Books by friends
Posted Jan 5, 2023 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Pessimism
Posted Jan 1, 2023 at Fritinancy
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The year in photos
Posted Dec 28, 2022 at Fritinancy
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December linkfest
Posted Dec 23, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Names of the year 2022: Fritinancy edition
Posted Dec 21, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Magenta
Posted Dec 19, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Words of the year 2022: Fritinancy edition
Posted Dec 16, 2022 at Fritinancy
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New writing on Medium: The three-word method (for names)
You’ve heard about the three-word method (or #threewordmethod), right? Well, maybe not, if you don’t follow fashion TikTok or fashion Instagram the way some people (ahem) do. Briefly: It’s a technique for clarifying your personal style and wardrobe needs that was popularized earlier this year by Allison Bornstein, a New... Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Vajoga
Posted Dec 12, 2022 at Fritinancy
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New writing on Medium: REMO rides again
Posted Dec 7, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Grooming
Posted Dec 5, 2022 at Fritinancy
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November linkfest
Posted Nov 30, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Trashion
Posted Nov 28, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: It's giving
Posted Nov 19, 2022 at Fritinancy
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Word of the week: Longtermism
Posted Nov 14, 2022 at Fritinancy
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