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我一直认为“每日单词”是一种浪费的形式。它的目标应该是提供可以使用的词汇；丰富你对已知词汇的理解；或者至少通过词汇向你传达一些有趣的世界信息。然而，通常你得到的词汇都是在对话中永远不会使用的奇特词汇。例如，来自Dictionary.com每日邮件的一些例子：thewless、balladmonger、vagility、contextomy。这些词汇……并不实用。我一直认为我可以做得更好。我的朋友本（Ben）最近创建了一个名为“Bracket City”的每日拼图游戏，在这里推出，我喜欢这个游戏，因为它所需的时间与Wordle相似，但却有着良好的填字游戏所具备的多样性和艺术性。本同意让我为这个游戏的受众写一个每日单词。我们将所有单词都汇集在这里：<a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>。写这个真是一种乐趣——每天我都向一个我喜欢、使用或新发现的单词致敬。我发现自己更加关注遇到的单词，思考它们是否值得被记录。这还有另一个有趣的原因。许多年前，我写了一篇博客文章，标题是“你可能在使用错误的字典”[2]，这篇文章传播广泛，至今仍有新读者。文章讨论了我们在iPhone和网页浏览器上默认找到的现代字典实际上是多么官僚和无生气。通过我喜欢的作家约翰·麦克菲（John McPhee），我重新发现了韦伯斯特1913年的字典，感觉它是由一个热爱语言的思考者所写。我仍然经常查阅它。写每日单词让我重新意识到韦伯斯特的旧字典是多么愉快和实用——同时也让我重新认识了牛津英语词典（OED），我现在每天都会查阅，并且发现可以用图书馆卡访问。到目前为止，我最喜欢的一些词条包括：sophisticated（复杂的）、twee（矫揉造作的）、gravitas（庄重）、blockbuster（轰动一时的）、meteorologist（气象学家）、send（发送）、bid（出价）。现在已经有超过175个单词——而且每天都会新增一个，只要“Bracket City”还在。要注册查看每日单词的发布，请访问<a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>。 [1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719</a> [2] <a href="https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary" rel="nofollow">https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary</a>

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I’ve long thought that the Word of the Day was a wasted genre. The goal should be to give you words you can use; to enrich your understanding of words you already know; or at least to use words to tell you something neat about the world.Instead, what you usually get is words that will never be used in conversation, held up as curios. Some examples from Dictionary.com’s daily email: thewless, balladmonger, vagility, contextomy. These words are... not useful.I’ve always thought I could do better. My friend Ben recently created a daily puzzle game, called Bracket City, launched here on HN [1], which I like because it takes about the same amount of time as Wordle but has some of the variety and artistry of a good crossword.Ben agreed to let me write a word of the day for the game’s audience. We’ve collected them all here: <a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>. It’s such a joy to write -- every day, I pay homage to a word I love or use or have newly discovered. I find myself paying more attention to words I encounter, thinking if they deserve a place.It’s also fun for another reason. Many years ago I wrote a blog post, "You’re probably using the wrong dictionary" [2], that made the rounds and actually still finds new readers today. It was about how the modern-day dictionaries we find by default on our iPhones and web browsers are actually kind of bureaucratic and lifeless. Through a writer I love, John McPhee, I rediscovered Webster’s 1913 dictionary, which feels like it was written by a thinking person who loved words. I still consult it all the time. Writing a word of the day has reminded me just how delightful and useful Webster’s old dictionary is -- and reacquainted me with the OED, which I now look to every day, and which I discovered you can access with your library card.Some of my favorite entries so far: sophisticated, twee, gravitas, blockbuster, meteorologist, send, bid. There are more than 175 now -- and more coming once a day, every day, for as long as Bracket City stands.To sign up to see each word of the day as it’s published, go to <a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>.[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719</a>[2] <a href="https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary" rel="nofollow">https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary</a>

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