Acknowledgment post
Sometime in the late-1990s, I discovered and signed up for Wordsmith.org's "A.Word.A.Day" e-mail newsletter. The e-mail comes each weekday, which is an incredible amount of work for the guy who still seems to run it, Anu Garg.
After a couple years, my schedule (and laziness) kept me from staying up-to-date, and the e-mails piled up. After more time, I unsubscribed. But I always loved to receive the messages, and I would think of AWAD from time to time over the years. Recently (far too late), I signed up again, and it's a joy to read each day.
I say all this because, a couple days ago, I wrote a post about the nautical history of "nauseate" and forgot to mention where I learned it. It was in a AWAD e-mail, which is visible here.
"Cite your sources and give credit where it's due" is a good philosophy that I neglected to follow.
Bravo AWAD! Viva AWAD! Long live AWAD!