Posts Tagged ‘writing’

The word “emoticon” didn’t exist before e-mail, and we were probably better off for it. You know what an emoticon is: a portmanteau of “emotion” and “icon,” an emoticon is a two or three-character grouping that expresses emotion. For example, :) is a happy face, and :( is a frown. Used in a sentence, an [...]

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Regardless of how you feel about the death of Osama bin Laden earlier this month, there’s no denying that it’s the single largest news story to ever hit in the age of 24-hour cable news and social media. It may sound like an odd question, but what impact does bin Laden’s death have on how [...]

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