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The word of the day for November 20, 2012: RECEIVED.

Most people (and possibly some of Old Macdonald’s farm animals*) are familiar with the “I before E except after C” rule. But what’s with words like leisure, seizure, weigh, and neighbor? Seriously, what’s with you words? If any of you words happen to […]

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Has it been a year already? Or have we never done this before? If not, we should have.

I’m a designer. What do I do?

Design a shirt Tweet your design with the hashtag #drytshirt or post to our Facebook page Feel awesome

Or, if you’re not a […]

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Pro-Intelligent

On December 16, 2010 By

In an earlier post, I had mentioned being anti-stupid.

This was in response to multiple (some harsh and rude) allegations of the site being against freedom of speech. This, to me, is not only comical—but the antithesis of oneword.

Rather than being anti-stupid, I would like to offer a revised, more accurate […]

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The Kids Are All Write

On October 26, 2010 By

Over the years, I’ve received numerous inquiries from teachers wanting to use oneword.com in their writing classes. Explaining that “they would use it now, but there’s no profanity filter.” 

I respond cordially. But my gut response is, “fuck that.”

Interesting that a four-letter word or picture of naked human bodies throws everyone into an upheaval. […]

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