Word of the Day: Logophiles

Social notworking
def: Spending time on social-networking sites,
such as Facebook and Twitter, when you are on the clock.


Logophile's love new words.

Logophile is Greek for lover of words (hence the url) and is composed of the root logos and the suffix -phile. Rich in meaning, the concept of logos was defined by ancient Greek philosophers as the principle of universal reason. This principle was developed by Christians and immortalized in the Gospel of John as the Word of God. The suffix -phile denotes fondness for or love of. It is related to the prefix philo- in philosophos, the lover of wisdom.


If you love words, dip in to the historical fiction of Simon Winchester
THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument erected to a living language.
Simon Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language and pays homage to the great dictionary makers from Samuel Johnson to Noah Webster before turning his unmatched talent for storytelling to the making of the most venerable of dictionaries -- The Oxford English Dictionary.



Got Social Notworking from my friend Cheryl's blog.
See links to her on lower left hand column here.

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