Ah, the dangers of playing Words with Friends! I ran across first one word, then a video, then a plethora of vocabulary and writing candy starting at Merriam-Webster's dictionary web site.

1. Top Ten Lists
2. Nominalizations are Zombies
3. Writer's Diet (to catch some of those nominalizations instantly)
4. The Accidental History of the @ Symbol
5. 19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately
6. A classic: I won't hire people who use poor grammar
7. Especially fun (Watch the video on the right. I wish their videos could be embedded!)

Now I need to go shake a tower. It was nice to discover "nerd" is one of Dr. Seus's linguistic achievements!