Possibly the best way to end the FAQ on your new AI search function.
Профиль
Kory Stamper
Профиль VivelyWriter of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
Raymond "Bud" Groceries, southpaw and back-up pitcher for the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics
kimyour baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals
After the release of my first book, "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," I got an email from a random dude that just said, "Don't you mean 'Word _For_ Word'?" I don't, didn't, and evermore won't, my guy!
S R JonesIf you see this, please tell me the worst/most baffling bit of creative feedback you've ever recieved. Mine is still the time somebody told me my aliens had names that were too alien. Not that they were unpronounceable, just that they didn't sound enough like human names.
Happy 4th of July, Philly edition.
Kory StamperCan you tell which one of us is the loud one in this marriage?
KIDS AND PEOPLE: Color Impact 2026 is starting now! I'm up first. Don't be late! But if you are, the joke slides are a little later. iscc.org/event-6690357
Color Council - Color Impact 2026: Defining Coloriscc.org<steps to lectern> <organizes notes> <clears throat> "AFFORDABILITY" PREDATES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY 250 YEARS, YOU ACCURSED APPLEHEAD DOLL IN AN ILL-FITTING SUIT <straightens tie> <leaves lectern>
Aaron RuparTrump: "We have the strongest economy we've ever had. The word 'affordability' is a fake word made up by the Democrats."
And I don't like pompous dipshits, but we are both going to have to get used to disappointment, Lou.
The GuardianThe hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech | Louis de Bernières
So you know how Google search now sucks because of AI? I've found a workaround (that is not changing your default search engine--though you should absolutely change your default search engine). It uses browser settings and udm=14 (more on which at udm14.com). I'll post step-by-steps below.
When my kids were little, we lived at the private boarding school where Herr Maestro taught. It was fancy; we were not. It was a tension. And little kids, you know--they just _yell_ things, sometimes private things, right there in the dining hall. Embarrassing for all! We devised a solution. 1/2
merritthit me with your hyperspecific friend or family slang. when i was a kid my friend once ate too many sour patch kids and then had some ketchup on fries and it was painful because of how acid blasted his tongue was. he told this story a few times, so "a ketchup story" came to mean an oft-repeated tale
POCKET FRIENDS! If you want to hear _actual color experts_ share how they talk about color in their industry, you should register for COLOR IMPACT 2026: a virtual symposium about defining color! June 24, 12pm-5pm ET! I'll be keynoting, whatever, but look at this lineup: iscc.org/Color-Impact/
Color Impactiscc.orgIs your weekend feeling a little monochrome? You should fix that by listening to my conversation with Maiken Scott on @thepulse.whyy.org about colors! www.npr.org/podcasts/510...
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