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!   ..read more

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

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

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

For Halloween, I wrote about ghost- compounds, from ghost bike to ghost word. Subscribe to my Substack to read the post ..read more

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

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:   ..read more

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

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. _ * Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram, Threads (app only for now), LinkedIn. And I still maintain a ghostly presence on Xitter, pronounced Shitter ..read more

It’s migrated to my new digital home, Substack. Read about this week’s word now! And catch up on my reasons for changing platforms here. Subscribe to my Substack—free!—to get every post delivered to your inbox or the Substack app with no annoying ads ..read more