<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - words</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/words</link><description>Newsvine - words</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:06:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:51:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Opinion: LOL isn't funny anymore - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
That is, "LOL" no longer "means" anything. Rather, it "does something" -- conveying an attitude -- just as the ending "-ed" doesn't "mean" anything but conveys past tense. LOL is, of all things, grammar.
Of course, no texter thinks about that consciously. But then most of comm&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoTigerlily]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoTigerlily]]></source><link>http://jotigerlily.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987935-opinion-lol-isnt-funny-anymore-cnncom</link><guid>http://jotigerlily.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987935-opinion-lol-isnt-funny-anymore-cnncom</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>text</category><category>change</category><category>language</category><category>words</category><category>funny</category><category>graffiti</category><category>texting</category><category>linguistics</category><category>grammar</category><category>empathy</category><category>lol</category><category>laugh</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:56:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jotigerlilyD3AD94FF-24BE-2A72-7EDE-567E91736000.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jotigerlilyD3AD94FF-24BE-2A72-7EDE-567E91736000.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Christian Right Now Outraged At Being Told Their Faith Is Meaningful to Them </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Ooooooh, did you hear about the evil liberal and no doubt Satan-worshipping college professor who tried to turn all his students against God by having them write the word &ldquo;Jesus&rdquo; on a piece of paper and then stomping on it, at what point the ground underneath them o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505749-christian-right-now-outraged-at-being-told-their-faith-is-meaningful-to-them</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17505749-christian-right-now-outraged-at-being-told-their-faith-is-meaningful-to-them</guid><category>us-news</category><category>symbols</category><category>words</category><category>stupidity</category><category>ignorance</category><category>right-wing-media</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>right-wing-extremism</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:59:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfanF3E58239-7C10-1E3F-76D2-F60CB544098F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfanF3E58239-7C10-1E3F-76D2-F60CB544098F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>7 words that came about from people getting them wrong</title>
<description><![CDATA[
1. Pea Originally the word was "pease," and it was singular. ("The Scottish or tufted Pease... is a good white Pease fit to be eaten.") The sound on the end was reanalyzed as a plural 's' marker, and at the end of the 17th Century people started talking about one "pea." The old&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17472676-7-words-that-came-about-from-people-getting-them-wrong</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17472676-7-words-that-came-about-from-people-getting-them-wrong</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>language</category><category>words</category><category>fun</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:40:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan7E678CF0-DF2D-B135-232E-8846B60E337A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan7E678CF0-DF2D-B135-232E-8846B60E337A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did humans develop language thanks to birds? </title>
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It's an idea that goes all the way back to Darwin. According to the authors, the "possibility is the one noted by Darwin in his 'Descent of Man': human language first emerged as 'songs' &mdash; prosodic contours and syllable structures like birdsong &mdash; which were then graf&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090495-did-humans-develop-language-thanks-to-birds</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090495-did-humans-develop-language-thanks-to-birds</guid><category>education</category><category>speech</category><category>language</category><category>darwin</category><category>words</category><category>songs</category><category>songbirds</category><category>man-develops-language</category><category>desent-of-man</category><category>word-system</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:32:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard2C33FDEF-8A4E-00BF-2EC8-222B77D9BE39.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard2C33FDEF-8A4E-00BF-2EC8-222B77D9BE39.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Watch this amazing anti-bullying video: &quot;To This Day&quot;, a spoken poem by Shane Koyczan</title>
<description><![CDATA[I've watched this twice now in 20 minutes. I don't like most poetry, but this is one of the greatest things I've ever heard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17036534-watch-this-amazing-anti-bullying-video-to-this-day-a-spoken-poem-by-shane-koyczan</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17036534-watch-this-amazing-anti-bullying-video-to-this-day-a-spoken-poem-by-shane-koyczan</guid><category>video</category><category>watch</category><category>animated</category><category>arts</category><category>depression</category><category>great</category><category>viral</category><category>words</category><category>amazing</category><category>youtube</category><category>lyrics</category><category>written</category><category>anti-bullying</category><category>to-this-day</category><category>shane-koyczan</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:53:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ltun92DfnPY/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Shane Koyczan &quot;To This Day&quot; http://www.tothisdayproject.com Help this message have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying. Please share generously.

Find Shane on Facebook - http://on.fb.me/Vwdi65
or on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/koyczan

I send out one new poem each month via email. You might like to join us. http://www.shanekoyczan.com

&quot;My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.

Schools and families are in desperate need of proper tools to confront this problem. This piece is a starting point.&quot; - Shane 

Find anti-bullying resources at http://www.bullying.org

Dozens of collaborators from around the world helped to bring this piece to life. Learn more about them and the project at http://www.tothisdayproject.com 

</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>An educational tool/words offensive to Native Americans</title>
<description><![CDATA[I am writing this article to help those who may just now be looking into their Native American heritage. We have been brought up with the likes of Hollywood stereotyping the Native American on the silver screen and &nbsp;remarks that have been made and words used to describe the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Knowlton's Rangers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Knowlton's Rangers]]></source><link>http://knowlton-rangers.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16913384-an-educational-toolwords-offensive-to-native-americans</link><guid>http://knowlton-rangers.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16913384-an-educational-toolwords-offensive-to-native-americans</guid><category>words</category><category>not-news</category><category>native-american</category><category>racial-remarks</category><category>slurs</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:18:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>David Mamet and the Irrelevance of the Actual Meanings of Words </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Andrew Sullivan goes in pretty well on David Mamet's deplorable article which finds him arguing for a world of maximum guns. But like Scott Lemeiux, I was absolutely stunned by this paragraph:
The Founding Fathers, far from being ideologues, were not even politicians. They wer&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16788431-david-mamet-and-the-irrelevance-of-the-actual-meanings-of-words</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16788431-david-mamet-and-the-irrelevance-of-the-actual-meanings-of-words</guid><category>politics</category><category>power</category><category>teachers</category><category>soapbox</category><category>politician</category><category>words</category><category>andrew-sullivan</category><category>founding-fathers</category><category>slaves</category><category>assumptions</category><category>planters</category><category>david-mamet</category><category>huckster</category><category>ideologues</category><category>ta-nehisi-coates</category><category>business-writers</category><category>deplorable-article</category><category>scott-lemeiux</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:28:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah5D87C4D6-F0D8-6E79-BE29-1A2A29C57A16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah5D87C4D6-F0D8-6E79-BE29-1A2A29C57A16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teacher Accused of Abusing Childen With Sandpaper</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Hillsborough County teacher is on paid administrative leave and out of her 6th grade classroom at Burns Middle School after parents accused her of abusing their children.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16694497-teacher-accused-of-abusing-childen-with-sandpaper</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16694497-teacher-accused-of-abusing-childen-with-sandpaper</guid><category>education</category><category>teacher</category><category>crime</category><category>paid</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>finger</category><category>leave</category><category>words</category><category>bleeding</category><category>assignment</category><category>deputies</category><category>misspelled</category><category>investigating</category><category>trace</category><category>sandpaper</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:58:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046715D7B543-330E-3191-3534-0F2F56989C6E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046715D7B543-330E-3191-3534-0F2F56989C6E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>16 Words You Should Strike from Your Professional Vocabulary Forever | NBC Chicago</title>
<description><![CDATA[
First up, yes, this is another referral post. LinkedIn has a pretty great post up on 16 words you should strike from your r&eacute;sum&eacute;, social media accounts and, yes, your LinkedIn accounts.
I&rsquo;m not going to rehash what that post says here. No. Instead, I&rsquo;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16629162-16-words-you-should-strike-from-your-professional-vocabulary-forever-nbc-chicago</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16629162-16-words-you-should-strike-from-your-professional-vocabulary-forever-nbc-chicago</guid><category>on</category><category>not</category><category>to</category><category>interview</category><category>words</category><category>an</category><category>16</category><category>say</category><category>commentid=16</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:53:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C41BD88E-D281-6A16-E13E-9550BB548D8A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C41BD88E-D281-6A16-E13E-9550BB548D8A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Joke: The difference between COMPLETE &amp; FINISHED</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Subject: &nbsp;  ENGLISH LESSON  &nbsp;  &nbsp;
&nbsp;
No English dictionary  has been able to adequately explain the difference between COMPLETE and  FINISHED.&nbsp;&nbsp;  However, in a recent  linguistic conference held in London, England,  and attended by some of  the best l&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Courtois]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Courtois]]></source><link>http://cbcourtois.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16600697-joke-the-difference-between-complete-finished</link><guid>http://cbcourtois.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16600697-joke-the-difference-between-complete-finished</guid><category>english</category><category>joke</category><category>words</category><category>linguistics</category><category>not-news</category><category>definitions</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:38:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbcourtois569B3D72-714A-066F-D994-666A24769676.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="204" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbcourtois569B3D72-714A-066F-D994-666A24769676.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mighty, Rich, Power</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I was recently&nbsp;asked to give my idea of what&nbsp;the words mighty, rich and power
meant to me. I was totally caught off-guard and had a tough time coming up
with some answers. The object is to say the first thing that comes to mind for
each word.&nbsp; There are no wrong o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16572275-mighty-rich-power</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16572275-mighty-rich-power</guid><category>mighty</category><category>power</category><category>rich</category><category>words</category><category>not-news</category><category>definitions</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:36:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62094F3B5D-DE2A-F56D-53FC-92BCA7E99EE8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="381" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62094F3B5D-DE2A-F56D-53FC-92BCA7E99EE8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62166E8792-1824-7821-38F6-C5F1FF59E32A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62166E8792-1824-7821-38F6-C5F1FF59E32A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="30" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62415BDD7F-2831-64A3-939A-2AFF609BC9F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="275" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62415BDD7F-2831-64A3-939A-2AFF609BC9F1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hagel's own words are fodder for critics</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chuck Hagel was blunt-spoken in the Senate, even when bucking fellow Republicans. Now opponents in his own party and elsewhere are using Hagel's words against him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Cass]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Connie Cass]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16398503-hagels-own-words-are-fodder-for-critics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16398503-hagels-own-words-are-fodder-for-critics</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>words</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>hagel-in</category><category>in-his-own</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:33:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=903d88ac-fb36-4dca-b786-0767461a8ed9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="368" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=903d88ac-fb36-4dca-b786-0767461a8ed9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Dec, 18, 2008 file photo shows then-Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel in Omaha, Neb. President Barack Obama will nominate Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his positions on Israel and Iran. Some Republicans already have declared their public opposition to Hagel replacing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Obama's second-term Cabinet.  (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cce47226-987c-4313-a264-4c01e961b5cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="398" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cce47226-987c-4313-a264-4c01e961b5cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, president Barack Obama's choice for defense secretary, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, where the president made the announcement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lake Superior State's 38th list of banished words</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lake Superior State University's 38th annual list of banished words:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16266416-lake-superior-states-38th-list-of-banished-words</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16266416-lake-superior-states-38th-list-of-banished-words</guid><category>us</category><category>list</category><category>banned</category><category>us-news</category><category>words</category><category>lake-superior-state-university</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:33:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>List: No love for 'fiscal cliff,' 'spoiler alert'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. "Spoiler alert" is among them. So are "kick the can down the road," "trending" and "bucket list."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Karoub]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Karoub]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16263217-list-no-love-for-fiscal-cliff-spoiler-alert</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16263217-list-no-love-for-fiscal-cliff-spoiler-alert</guid><category>us</category><category>banned</category><category>us-news</category><category>words</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:23:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Beautiful Words Of Comfort</title>
<description><![CDATA[Article of poem and song so appropriate for the time!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[KEEPING IT REAL!]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[KEEPING IT REAL!]]></source><link>http://objectivity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15970773-beautiful-words-of-comfort</link><guid>http://objectivity.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15970773-beautiful-words-of-comfort</guid><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>words</category><category>comfort</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:49:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=objectivity678499B8-9B51-B434-3687-57C6358FC867.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="350" width="253" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=objectivity678499B8-9B51-B434-3687-57C6358FC867.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The GOP Crazy Train Keeps Chugging Along | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[Of the many factors that contributed to the GOP&rsquo;s substantial losses in the 2012 elections,  perhaps the most significant are that today&rsquo;s GOP is focused on  obstructionism and denying reality, rather than on making a serious  effort to address the serious economic, s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15819787-the-gop-crazy-train-keeps-chugging-along-addicting-info</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15819787-the-gop-crazy-train-keeps-chugging-along-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>crazy</category><category>republican</category><category>actions</category><category>words</category><category>speeches</category><category>conservative</category><category>silly</category><category>out-of-touch</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite59D7A14F-E8DE-E132-1A81-78C6C12804AA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite59D7A14F-E8DE-E132-1A81-78C6C12804AA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Heteronyms 1 Word . . 2 Meanings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Words that have two meanings are called heteronyms. There are a lot of them out there. Let's
see how many we can come up with.&nbsp; I'll start the fun . .
crooked . .
excuse . .
affect . .
excuse . .]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15625110-heteronyms-1-word-2-meanings</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15625110-heteronyms-1-word-2-meanings</guid><category>words</category><category>fun</category><category>not-news</category><category>meanings</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 01:41:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Former OED editor covertly deleted thousand of words, book claims </title>
<description><![CDATA[An eminent former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary covertly  deleted thousands of words because of their foreign origins and  bizarrely blamed previous editors, according to claims in a book  published this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Yuma]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Johnny Yuma]]></source><link>http://jyuma.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15468824-former-oed-editor-covertly-deleted-thousand-of-words-book-claims</link><guid>http://jyuma.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15468824-former-oed-editor-covertly-deleted-thousand-of-words-book-claims</guid><category>education</category><category>words</category><category>dictionary</category><category>oed</category><category>commentid-education</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:19:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jyuma7F5D2B58-D036-0887-4448-9A20B43432D4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="192" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jyuma7F5D2B58-D036-0887-4448-9A20B43432D4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ain't This Good English? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
When the Oxford English Dictionary announced in 2004 that it was entering "bootylicious" into its pages, there was not much of a protest. It actually seemed funny and, more or less, harmless.
A half-century ago, when G. &amp; C. Merriam Co. announced its new dictionary, Webste&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miss Linguistics]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Miss Linguistics]]></source><link>http://misslinguistics.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15230670-aint-this-good-english</link><guid>http://misslinguistics.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15230670-aint-this-good-english</guid><category>language</category><category>arts</category><category>words</category><category>lexicon</category><category>english-language</category><category>aint</category><category>dictionaries</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:41:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CNN: Obama spoke longer; Romney spoke more</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama spoke longer in the first two presidential debates, but rival Mitt Romney spoke more.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14542066-cnn-obama-spoke-longer-romney-spoke-more</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14542066-cnn-obama-spoke-longer-romney-spoke-more</guid><category>us</category><category>debate</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>words</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:41:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Did You Know You Are Immortal</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Funny thing to say
However this is true
You&nbsp;can be immortal
In fact it's already happen to you
If your reading this
If you've made a comment or two
Then you are immortal
Because of the words that came from you
Those words will show your thoughts
They where part of you
Now t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Wlliams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tony Wlliams]]></source><link>http://antoniowillia20.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14153470-did-you-know-you-are-immortal</link><guid>http://antoniowillia20.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14153470-did-you-know-you-are-immortal</guid><category>life</category><category>health</category><category>heart</category><category>words</category><category>mind</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 04:27:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=antoniowillia20A7F75FC5-11CF-4BE7-D260-8A506AB74342.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=antoniowillia20A7F75FC5-11CF-4BE7-D260-8A506AB74342.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Highlander&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Jtpf8N5IDE/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">The official 'Who Wants To Live Forever music video. Taken from Queen - 'Greatest Video Hits 2'.

</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney keeps relearning history's gaffe lessons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Who says Mitt Romney doesn't worry much about the very poor? That he believes corporations are people, too? That his wife drives two Cadillacs?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Cass]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Connie Cass]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13954499-romney-keeps-relearning-historys-gaffe-lessons</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13954499-romney-keeps-relearning-historys-gaffe-lessons</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>words</category><category>own</category><category>own-words</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:11:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38221173-6218-46ff-b10f-7d955c00f08f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38221173-6218-46ff-b10f-7d955c00f08f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 17, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters in Costa Mesa, Calif. Romneys remarks disparaging 47 percent of Americans are the latest in a string of poorly chosen words that play into Democrats portrayal of him as out of touch. But hes not the only one plagued by a campaign gaffe deemed elitist by critics.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b39e2aa-a02f-4659-9aaa-1093b5ed7e3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b39e2aa-a02f-4659-9aaa-1093b5ed7e3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 26, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama, left, chats with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea. Mitt Romneys remarks disparaging 47 percent of Americans are the latest in a string of poorly chosen words that play into Democrats portrayal of him as out of touch. But hes not the only one plagued by a campaign gaffe deemed elitist by critics. an open microphone caught Obama telling Russias outgoing president that he needed space to work out their disagreements over U.S. missile defense plans. &quot;After my election, I have more flexibility, Obama quietly told Medvedev, who said he would carry that message home. Romney called it evidence that Obama is hiding a secret agenda for a second term. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arguing over meanings while ignoring each other :Coral Atlas</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Words are words are words.
The more I attempt to understand the meaning of words the more I realize how meaningless they are.
The worn out phrase "actions speak louder than words" is true and has always been true.
Words change their meaning from second to second. When spoken the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coral Atlas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Coral Atlas]]></source><link>http://coralatlas.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/03/13634773-arguing-over-meanings-while-ignoring-each-other-coral-atlas</link><guid>http://coralatlas.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/03/13634773-arguing-over-meanings-while-ignoring-each-other-coral-atlas</guid><category>science</category><category>words</category><category>immortality</category><category>humanity</category><category>posthuman</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:02:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Condensed Liberal Handbook of Racial Code Words </title>
<description><![CDATA[Thumper the Rabbit's parents always taught him, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all." If the left's self-appointed Omniscient Diviners of True Meaning have their way, conservatives in the public square won't be left with anything at all to say. Ever.
It's &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13590255-the-condensed-liberal-handbook-of-racial-code-words</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13590255-the-condensed-liberal-handbook-of-racial-code-words</guid><category>media</category><category>politics</category><category>bias</category><category>code</category><category>liberal</category><category>racial</category><category>words</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:57:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9A3A50428-60D6-24D8-F603-657FCF389A4C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9A3A50428-60D6-24D8-F603-657FCF389A4C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Continuing to MisBehave – the Vulgar and the Sublime</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Yesterday, while perusing the Vine, I came across a Viner complaining about the use of the word &ldquo;vagina&rdquo; and that the word &ldquo;vagina&rdquo; was vulgar. The writer wanted to be &ldquo;treated like a lady&rdquo;. Apparently the use of the word &ldquo;huhu&rdquo;, w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13528109-continuing-to-misbehave-the-vulgar-and-the-sublime</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13528109-continuing-to-misbehave-the-vulgar-and-the-sublime</guid><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>opinion</category><category>words</category><category>feminism</category><category>feminist</category><category>vagina</category><category>election-2012</category><category>war-on-women</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:40:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite76690C59-77EC-1B6D-330D-374198EBD689.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite76690C59-77EC-1B6D-330D-374198EBD689.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;What DO they fear about the word vagina??&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>