I’m over at the Wordnik blog today, answering questions from Angela Tung about name development and the naming process. Come for the interview, stay for the rest of the wordy Wordnik goodness: word of the day, random word, word lists, and – of course – the fabulous Wordnik dictionary, one of my favorite tools for naming.
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November 14, 2012
The Wordnik Interview
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