Word List from Copyeditor’s Stylesheet for The Writing Class (coming in June 2008)

(this being what copy editors, without whom writers would look pretty silly, have to worry about)

a while (2 wds as obj of prep)

a.k.a.

anymore (1 wd as adv)

awhile (as adv)

axe-wielding

backseat

backstory

basset hound

bioterrorist

bling

blond, fem., n. & adj.

blond, masc. or neut., n. & adj.

brand-new

buttload

buzz cut, n.

buzz-cut, adj.

cell phone

cheat sheet

computer-savvy

coulrophobic

crappitude

curricula vitarum

d.o.b., d.o.d.

diacritics

diphthongs

doofus

eftsoons

e-mail

encomium

exactamento

FedEx

Frisbee

gigue

glance-through, n.

Googling

half hour

half-filled

high school (adj.)

huzzahs

Hylocereus undatus

Internet

JPEG

kibbitzers

leukemia

likable

looky-loo

lying doggo

mal de mer

mixups

mnemonic

namby-pamby

night-blooming cereus

nonce

nonfiction

nonreaders

nor’easter

online

over-praising

p.o.v.

pied piper

pinup

plastique

plenteous

Post-it

pre-registration

printouts

screwups

sea-rolls

setups

shape-shifter

shih tzu

shoot-out

simpleminded

sixties

souffle

spaceship

sure-footed

t.o.d.

tae kwon do

tantivying

tech-savvy

tomblike

trisyllabic

voice mail

wannabes

Web site

whiteboard

wineglasses

Xanax

Xeroxing

x-rayed

youse

zip-tab