New on Crossword Craze! 100 years ago, the Boston Globe was building a pretty cool community of crossword solvers and dictionary hounds. crosswordcraze.today/the-boston-glo…

26-Down: What Craig told Felisha, in a famous movie line (three letters) slate.trib.al/m8Ox8S6

Thrilled to be part of the lineup of constructors for Slate's crossword, overseen by benevolent dictator Quiara Vasquez. Here's my first one -- it's a midi, don't be shy! slate.com/human-interest…

'Catawampus,' a silly-sounding word about things going awry, was a perfect plot point for 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' writes language columnist Ben Zimmer on.wsj.com/4avF63U on.wsj.com/4avF63U

New post on Crossword Craze! A fun follow-up to yesterday's post, featuring a 15-year-old contributor to the first crossword puzzle book published a hundred years ago. crosswordcraze.today/a-teenager-con…

thrilled to be doin' a lil digital archive work with handsome geniuses Ben Zimmer and Parker Higgins! subscribe subscribe subscribe crosswordcraze.today

Today in Puzzling History - One century ago, Richard Simon and Max Schuster kicked off a lasting publishing partnership with 'The Cross Word Puzzle Book,' which sold for $1.35 including a sharpened pencil and eraser. Great column on the early days of cruciverbalism by Ben Zimmer👇

On April 10, 1924, Simon & Schuster published 'The Cross Word Puzzle Book' and managed to set off a worldwide mania for crosswords. A century later, we're still living in the crossword craze. Here's my essay commemorating the centennial for The Wall Street Journal. on.wsj.com/3U3zMPk

Congrats to the utterly awesome "the bad boy of the Atlantic" for winning the 2024 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament! Here's video of the A Division finals. #ACPT2024 youtube.com/watch?v=lPlR9W…

One hundred years ago, two Columbia grads named Simon and Schuster published a book of crossword puzzles that set off a national mania. Now the crossword craze has been reborn in the digital era. My latest for The Wall Street Journal. on.wsj.com/3U3zMPk

One hundred years ago, two Columbia grads named Simon and Schuster published a book of crossword puzzles that set off a national mania. Now the crossword craze has been reborn in the digital era. My latest for The Wall Street Journal. on.wsj.com/3U3zMPk

🍌 No country wants to be called a banana republic, a derogatory term for small countries
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by Ben Zimmer
via The Wall Street Journal

2/ Ben Zimmer is a linguist, lexicographer, and all-around word nut. He is the language columnist for The Wall Street Journal, chair of the American Dialect Society's New Words Committee, and vocabulary judge for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

1/ Slate has a brand new crossword! We’re so excited about our daily puzzles, and we want to spotlight the talented constructors behind the puzzles.

Meet the team! 🧵 slate.com/briefing/2024/…

In this weekend's The Wall Street Journal Review section: It all started as a joke among friends studying physics at the University of Alberta. Now 17 years later, everyone seems to be embracing the idea that 'fluffle' is a collective noun for a group of rabbits. on.wsj.com/4au1bzk

The #EasterBunny asked me to share this wonderful Ben Zimmer piece:

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In this weekend's The Wall Street Journal Review section: It all started as a joke among friends studying physics at the University of Alberta. Now 17 years later, everyone seems to be embracing the idea that 'fluffle' is a collective noun for a group of rabbits. on.wsj.com/4au1bzk