A QUICK WORD FROM JEFFERSON: If this page looks like your browser is broken, don't worry. It's called an RSS feed, and it's a tool that lets you take back control from the algorithms trying to control what you read. For a full explanation, check out the "About Following Me" article on my About page. Or you can cut and paste this URL here: https://creativityhacker.ca/nav/about/artifacts/2025-03-26_191111/ (Sorry, URL links aren't clickable inside RSS feeds.) https://creativityhacker.ca/tags/language/ Recent content in Language on Creativity Hacker Hugo en-us jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:14:33 +0000 https://creativityhacker.ca/blogs/hearth/logs/2025-06-30_220212/ -blogs Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:02:12 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/blogs/hearth/logs/2025-06-30_220212/ <p>Your grandmother and grandfather are your grandparents. Your son and daughter are your children. Your brother and sister are your siblings. But when it comes to uncles and aunts, English gives us no genderless term that includes both.</p> <p>The closest we&rsquo;ve got, is an ugly, hatchet-faced word, made by collapsing &ldquo;parent&rsquo;s sibling&rdquo; into… (Wait for it…)</p> <p>&ldquo;Pibling.&rdquo;</p> <p>Quite frankly, &ldquo;pibling&rdquo; sucks. But I&rsquo;ve got an idea…</p> https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-12-13_070018/ -products Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:00:18 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-12-13_070018/ <p>Dictionaries <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cnLofpdsyyg?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> </p> https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-09-13_070002/ -products Mon, 13 Sep 2021 07:00:02 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-09-13_070002/ <p>An Easy Bet <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_PyKZXU_n4?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> </p> https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-08-06_070022/ -products Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:00:22 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-08-06_070022/ <p>Whiny Kids <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PeOta1R_cxM?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> </p> https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-06-23_070032/ -products Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:00:32 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/products/2021-06-23_070032/ <p>City Birds <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rDWbpjYLuMs?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> </p>