This is one of two holidays that honor veterans. Veterans Day honors everyone who served in the military, while Memorial Day specifically honors veterans who died during their service. Still, it's hard not to think of veterans in general on Memorial Day. As we all take a day to honor sacrifices that are hard to comprehend, here's a look at some of the words you're most likely to hear and see around Memorial Day. Continue reading...
Publicizing students' success in the Vocabulary Bowl within your local community is a great way to reward and motivate students while boosting your school's profile. To help you make it happen, we've created a PR Toolkit for educators and school administrators that breaks the publicity process down into easy-to-follow steps. Continue reading...
The Vocabulary Bowl season concluded on April 30th and the preliminary results are in! Find out which schools are projected to win, and if students across North American hit the 40 million words master goal. Continue reading...
When Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Pirosh was first looking for a job at a Hollywood studio in 1934, he penned the following vocabulary-rich missive, which we found featured on the blog and book, Letters of Note. Continue reading...
We know that nothing escapes the keen eyes of our devoted fans, but we'll state the obvious anyway — this month's video has a whole new look and feel that's amped up, just like October's Bowl action. Continue reading...
The language of taxation runs all over the financial map, describing the wealthy, the disadvantaged, and the ungodly process of paying taxes. Here are some words you're likely to hear in relation to this stressful day, which can be—pardon the expression—quite taxing. Continue reading...
Writing for Vulture about changes in format for television shows, New York Magazine critic Matt Zoller Seitz called the new, freer-form series "bespoke TV." So what does this word used to describe custom-made clothing mean in a television context? Continue reading...
Which schools cracked the Top 10 in their divisions? How many millions of words were mastered last month? Check out the highlights and shoutouts from the first month of the '19 – '20 Vocabulary Bowl season. It's already shaping up to be another record-breaking year! Continue reading...
Deadspin reports this week on White Sox pitcher Chris Sale's personal vocabulary challenge: "After nearly every start this season...Sale has met a specific objective: Incorporate a predetermined word into his postgame conference." Continue reading...