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Perhaps keen to distance themselves from claims that these new inclusions to the Scrabble lexicon are merely a stunt aimed at flogging a few more copies of the book, creators said they hoped this new edition would help end family disputes over just what is and isn't acceptable wordsmithery on the playing board.
Our pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet 2011
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National Poetry Day annually leads the charge, and this year's wealth of wordsmithery includes a massive event for the day's theme of games at the Southbank Centre in London.
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But her wise, droll counsel will also help young editors just beginning to suss out the social politics of wordsmithery, or those who might be considering a career switch from newspapers to freelancing, say.
The Copy Editors’ Survival Guide - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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There are no intellectual flourishes, no flashes of genius wordsmithery, no dazzling riffs.
Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers Omnivoracious 2009
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There are no intellectual flourishes, no flashes of genius wordsmithery, no dazzling riffs.
Shelfari: Omnivoracious 2009
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But her wise, droll counsel will also help young editors just beginning to suss out the social politics of wordsmithery, or those who might be considering a career switch from newspapers to freelancing, say.
The Copy Editors’ Survival Guide - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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He's traded on his professional surliness for years, and has managed to persuade the unlettered that his florid, overwrought, denunciatory prose is stylish wordsmithery.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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This piece, about DRM, is exquisite in its imagery, in its wordsmithery, and accurate.
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By making the acknowledgement, you certify that I am a linguistical genius, and admit to an awe and admiration of my wordsmithery.
Think Progress » Memorandum To Tony Snow On The Use Of The Term ‘Tar Baby’ 2006
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It's not that Hollywood is giving him big money (it isn't); or that big celebrities are attracting attention to him (they're not); or that star writers and directors are helping him with stagecraft and wordsmithery (again no).
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