http://www.mininggazette.comTop Blogsen-usSat, 25 May 2013 23:26:16 EDTSat, 25 May 2013 23:26:16 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.mininggazette.com/page/blogs.detail/display/949/Word-of-the-Day---May-25,-2013.html keening - KEEN-ing - wailing in grief, symbolically or for the dead <P> Example: "Joan Acocella, in the New Yorker, displayed a sample of a rather bad English translation of Dante's 'Divine Comedy': 'I found myself lost in a wood so dark,...Sat, 25 May 2013 09:24:56 EDThttp://www.mininggazette.com/page/blogs.detail/display/948/Word-of-the-Day---May-24,-2013.htmlconflation -kon-FLAY-shun - the combining of two or more ideas into one <P> Example: "In the NYorker, in an article on German art, Peter Schjeldahl said, 'The visual "music" of encrusted textures and ineffable (too great or extreme to be...Fri, 24 May 2013 07:55:22 EDThttp://www.mininggazette.com/page/blogs.detail/display/947/Word-of-the-Day---May-23,-2013.htmlcollude - kah-lood - come to a secret understanding for a harmful purpose <P> Example: "Ted Gup, in his editorial on child medication in the NY Times, confessed: 'I colluded with a culture that over-medicates by giving my son a drug called...Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:40 EDThttp://www.mininggazette.com/page/blogs.detail/display/946/Word-of-the-Day---May-22,-2013.htmlhiatus - high-A-tus - a pause or break in a series or sequences <P> Example: "In a NY Times article on 'Mad Men," Dave Itzkoff commented: "Having spent his hiatus directing his first feature film ("You are Here"), Matthew Weiner returned to...Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:11 EDThttp://www.mininggazette.com/page/blogs.detail/display/945/Word-of-the-Day---May-21,-2013.htmlschmoozing - shmoo-zing - (Yiddish) talking in such a way as to manipulate, flatter, or impress <P> Example: "The NYTimes review of "Entourage" concludes: 'This comedy series about the fragility of Hollywood success endured partly because it...Tue, 21 May 2013 07:33:10 EDT