Archive - Fritinancy

Naming briefs #14

A royal do-over, plus two names that don't care if you call them "negative."

Feb 20 •

Word of the week: Sickspan

We're all coming down with something.

Feb 17 •

New words for the new regime

The resistance will be neologized.

Feb 13 •

Word of the week: Aesthetic(s)

The beautiful and the bad.

Feb 10 •

When advertisements rhymed and chimed.

Feb 6 •

Word of the week: Aquamation

Dead in the water.

Feb 3 •

January 2025

January linkstack

Three podcasts, two newsletters, one audiobook, and last year's best and weirdest names.

Jan 30 •

Word of the week: Forestalgia

Once and future coinages.

Jan 27 •

Olly, Olli, Ollie, Olipop

All in for a branding trend that's all over the place.

Jan 23 •

Word of the week: Lore

A fifth-century word for 21st-century narratives.

Jan 20 •

Enough about me. I want to hear from you.

Jan 16 •

Word of the week: Rawdog

And a few words about the Los Angeles fires.

Jan 13 •

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