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我一直认为“每日一词”这个形式被浪费了。它的目标应该是给你一些你可以使用的词汇；丰富你对已经认识的词汇的理解；或者至少用词来告诉你一些关于世界的有趣的事情。然而，你通常得到的是一些永远不会在对话中使用的词，它们就像是供人猎奇的古董。例如，来自Dictionary.com每日邮件中的一些词：thewless（无力的），balladmonger（吟游诗人），vagility（移动性），contextomy（断章取义）。这些词……没什么用。我一直认为我可以做得更好。我的朋友本最近创建了一个每日解谜游戏，名为Bracket City，在HN上发布[1]，我喜欢它，因为它花费的时间和Wordle差不多，但却拥有优秀填字游戏的一些多样性和艺术性。本同意让我为这款游戏的受众写每日一词。我们已经把它们都收集在这里了：<a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>。写作的过程非常令人愉快——每天，我都会向我喜爱、使用或新发现的词汇致敬。我开始更加关注我遇到的词汇，思考它们是否值得拥有一个位置。这也有另一个乐趣。很多年前，我写了一篇博文，名为“你可能用错了词典”[2]，这篇文章流传甚广，至今仍有新的读者。它讲述了我们在iPhone和网络浏览器上默认找到的现代词典实际上是多么的官僚和缺乏生气。通过我喜爱的一位作家，约翰·麦克菲，我重新发现了韦氏1913年词典，它感觉像是被一个热爱文字的思考者所编写的。我仍然经常查阅它。写每日一词让我再次意识到韦氏旧词典是多么令人愉快和有用——并且让我重新熟悉了OED（《牛津英语词典》），我现在每天都会查阅它，而且我发现你可以用你的借书证访问它。到目前为止，我最喜欢的一些词条包括：sophisticated（老练的），twee（矫揉造作的），gravitas（庄重），blockbuster（大片），meteorologist（气象学家），send（发送），bid（出价）。现在已经有超过175个词条了——并且只要Bracket City存在，每天都会增加一个。要注册以查看每日发布的每个词，请访问<a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>。 [1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719</a> [2] <a href="https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary" rel="nofollow">https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary</a>

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I’ve long thought that the Word of the Day was a wasted genre. The goal should be to give you words you can use; to enrich your understanding of words you already know; or at least to use words to tell you something neat about the world.Instead, what you usually get is words that will never be used in conversation, held up as curios. Some examples from Dictionary.com’s daily email: thewless, balladmonger, vagility, contextomy. These words are... not useful.I’ve always thought I could do better. My friend Ben recently created a daily puzzle game, called Bracket City, launched here on HN [1], which I like because it takes about the same amount of time as Wordle but has some of the variety and artistry of a good crossword.Ben agreed to let me write a word of the day for the game’s audience. We’ve collected them all here: <a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>. It’s such a joy to write -- every day, I pay homage to a word I love or use or have newly discovered. I find myself paying more attention to words I encounter, thinking if they deserve a place.It’s also fun for another reason. Many years ago I wrote a blog post, "You’re probably using the wrong dictionary" [2], that made the rounds and actually still finds new readers today. It was about how the modern-day dictionaries we find by default on our iPhones and web browsers are actually kind of bureaucratic and lifeless. Through a writer I love, John McPhee, I rediscovered Webster’s 1913 dictionary, which feels like it was written by a thinking person who loved words. I still consult it all the time. Writing a word of the day has reminded me just how delightful and useful Webster’s old dictionary is -- and reacquainted me with the OED, which I now look to every day, and which I discovered you can access with your library card.Some of my favorite entries so far: sophisticated, twee, gravitas, blockbuster, meteorologist, send, bid. There are more than 175 now -- and more coming once a day, every day, for as long as Bracket City stands.To sign up to see each word of the day as it’s published, go to <a href="https://bracket.city/words" rel="nofollow">https://bracket.city/words</a>.[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719</a>[2] <a href="https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary" rel="nofollow">https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary</a>

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