Ten years ago Kerry Maxwell wrote a series of posts to accompany a BuzzWord article about the new...
Author - Kerry Maxwell
Seachangers, salad days and skim milk
In her third and final post about the links between the language of Shakespeare and the language of...
Quoting Shakespeare – of icebreakers and idioms
In the second of her posts about the links between the language of Shakespeare and the language of...
From Bard Words to BuzzWords – parallels in word formation
For many years now, Macmillan Dictionary’s popular BuzzWord posts have been examining some of the...
Stories behind Words: oblong
I’m sure I’m not alone in having really enjoyed reading this series so far, and one thing that’s...
Happy 10th birthday, BuzzWord!
In 2003, my son was 8 years old, tablets were still the things the doctor prescribed to make you...
Word of the day: paraskevidekatriaphobia
What do the months of January, April and July 2012 have in common? Here’s a clue: they might cause...
Terms of endearment
If I’ve had a tough day, there’s nothing that gives me greater pleasure than to curl up on the sofa...
For the eleventh word of Christmas my true love gave to me …
Eleven dumbphones ringing Ten memes a-spreading Nine nonliners surfing Eight followers following...
For the tenth word of Christmas my true love gave to me …
Ten memes a-spreading Nine nonliners surfing Eight followers following Seven days of glamping Six...