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Fritinancy
3d ago
Hello, and welcome to Old Fritinancy — Classic Fritinancy? — the blog I launched in 2006. In August 2023 I made the transition to the Substack platform, where I’m publishing new writing on names, brands, words, and the language of commerce.
Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find on New! Improved! Fritinancy:
Word of the week for April 15: Wankpanzer
Critiques of interesting brand names like Kagi, Aptos, and Sora.
What color is “washed”?
And much, much more! Subscribe to Fritinancy on Substack and read my twice-weekly newsletters, plus Notes (similar to Twitter or Bluesky posts) and recommendati ..read more
Fritinancy
1M ago
I’ve made a full transition from this blog to my Substack newsletter, also called Fritinancy. My Leap Day newsletter is a linkfest of branding news, rebranding news, naming news, and assorted items of interest. Read it here.
I also continue to contribute to Medium! Read my two latest stories:
The famous Apple “1984” commercial (and why I’ve never bought an Apple product)
Is there a common meaning of “common sense”?
Thanks for reading!
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Fritinancy
4M ago
Happy almost-2024! I've got some new writing on Substack:
Names of the year for 2023, including Gaza, Grok, and PO1135809
My year in books and movies
My December linkstack:good AI names, questionable insect names, and more
What you’re getting wrong about kvetch
And here’s a friend link to my recently published Medium story: “How to Enjoy Going to the Movies ..read more
Fritinancy
4M ago
My fifteenth annual words of the year (WotY) post has moved! You can now find all of my WotY picks, from enshittification to sprinkle sprinkle, in my Substack newsletter. You’ll find links to all my previous WotY lists there, too ..read more
Fritinancy
4M ago
Read all about greedflation on my Substack newsletter! And while you’re there, check out some other recent posts: on the -pilled suffix (redpilled, blackpilled, breadpilled, glitterpilled); on Phoebe Philo (what a name!); on pastness, a new-to-me word that isn’t new at all; on Kim Kardashian’s Ultimate Nipple Bra; and on the ubiquitous, ridiculous ’tis the season, which I’m not even a little bit jolly about.
And look: Here’s my November linkfest, now called a linkstack!
Wondering why I’ve moved over there? Here’s an explanation ..read more
Fritinancy
6M ago
For Halloween, I wrote about ghost- compounds, from ghost bike to ghost word. Subscribe to my Substack to read the post ..read more
Fritinancy
7M ago
I’m talking about names today in my Substack newsletter: Kindbody, Gromeo, Uniqlo : C, and millennial baby names. Find me in your browser or on the Substack app—subscriptions are free, and you’ll receive ad-free updates in your inbox ..read more
Fritinancy
8M ago
It’s moved to Substack, and it’s a quadfecta this week: three words and one name, all beginning with the letter D. Read and subscribe—it’s free!
Here’s a preview of one of the words:
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Fritinancy
8M ago
You can find this week’s word, aesthetic injury*, in its new home on my Substack newsletter. Sign up for a free subscription!
* Yes, I know it’s two words, but it’s what linguists call a “lexical item,” which qualifies it as a word of the week ..read more
Fritinancy
8M ago
In case you aren’t following me on the splintered social-mediascape*, here are links to two recent pieces I’ve published on Medium and my bloggish new home, Substack:
LinkedIn Is Actually Fun Now (no, really!)
On Collaboration (and old folks who swim the English Channel)
You can subscribe to my Substack for free, and my posts will arrive in your inbox, RSS feed, or Substack app with zero ads. How nice is that? Very nice.
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* Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram, Threads (app only for now), LinkedIn. And I still maintain a ghostly presence on Xitter, pronounced Shitter ..read more