Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026kinda wish there was a way to mass text your friends with new kids for baby updates. “hello [name], what’s the baby up to” 010
Reposted by Sam CorbinMichael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the first things I did on summer holiday was have this really great conversation with @carrieg.bsky.social and @meganfigueroa.bsky.social about The LANGUAGE BEAT and writing about language. New episode, just released! vocalfriespod.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...vocalfriespod.buzzsprout.comThe Language Beat Essays - The Vocal FriesCarrie and Megan talk with Dr Michael Erard about his newest e-book, The Language Beat: Essays and Reporting on Language and Life. AI Indigenous correspondents 0102
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026source [via e-mail]: as I explained above, ok so you're mad at me 000
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026[jonathan richman voice] i was cancelled in the lesbian bar, ah-oo 120
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026rumor has it taylor swift is dropping nor’easter eggs this weekend about her next album 000
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026update: I didn’t win and was the only contestant who spent the majority of the game in the negatives, but that is my lot as a game-show personality hire 000
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026if I choke please tell the wordplay readers I love them 120
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m about to be on a jeopardy! thing at work that is apparently streamed to desks worldwide, so the next time I post here it might be from the grave of my reputation 230
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026petitioning immediately to designate propp as opposite of opp i.e. meaning friend and if you are my propp you will prop me up here 130
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ok even crazier is that even though abbreviations like "opp" and "oppo" meaning anti come from the same etymology, the word "prop" as in prop up / support is unrelated??? 100
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026omg I just realized that "proponent" is the antonym for "opponent." what he hell 230
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026there is so much going on in this universe that we don’t know about 011
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026you simply have to laugh when it turns out that the recording of the video interview you conducted with an ASL speaker was just filming your face the entire time 000
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026today is the day I became a real author (lost several hours' worth of work to a computer glitch) 140
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026just got a frozen espresso martini spilled all over me and honestly? i smell amazing 041
Reposted by Sam CorbinRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm working at a cafe today and whenever I do this I cannot help but say to myself: livin' la vida laptop 2211
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026no one will buy the crandle (cranberry candle) I spent $40 on just to make a simpsons joke last christmas, so it just lives on my shelf and I’m forced to stare at this dumb overcommitment to a bit every day 040
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026t.s. eliot line about measuring your life in coffee spoons but it’s me with all the insane ways I end calls 000
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026not me ending an interview by saying “well…enjoy!” about nothing 110
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026started thinking about this last month when my coworker described the odyssey as "you know, the matt damon of it all" 020
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026in today's installment of "everything new is old again," please enjoy this 2004 Language Log post re: the snowclone/phrasal template "the ___ of it all," which I heard so much this year. LL post includes "the why of it all" and "the broccoli of it all" (and the headline "the backpack of it all")!!itre.cis.upenn.eduLanguage Log: The backpack of it all 120
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026there should be a wellness check automatically triggered by drinking a diet coke before 11am 100
Reposted by Sam CorbinPeter K is a sportsball knower compared to those guys @pjkaz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One of my favorite fictional universes, love these nerds 011
Reposted by Sam Corbinthe most typical @jazzpomegranate.com · 08/09/2026my mom raised me on star trek the next generation in case you want to know where my morality comes from 6495
Reposted by Sam CorbinPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026For Harry Potter fans who can't let go of the franchise because it would leave a hole in their identity that only a massive global, inter-generational fandom phenomenon could fill might I introduce you to Trek 611812
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026it’s been 60 years of Star Trek, and I wrote about its intergenerational staying power:nytimes.com‘Star Trek’’s Intergenerational Fan Base Shares More Than Just Quotes (Gift Article)After 60 years, the series gives families a chance to pass down not only shared language but values, too. 0134
Reposted by Sam CorbinLynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Doing today’s Bee and I’m again tempted to start another blog post about perfectly everyday linguistics words that are not on the word list—I’ve attempted three so far. But if you missed the Gameplay newsletter yesterday—have a look—my actual list gets its day in the sun 022
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026and it never would have escalated if he could just have had someone calmly tell him he wasn’t dying 010
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026there should be a number you can call if you ate something too spicy 221
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026sometimes the post-solve click is so satisfying though! you often don’t *need* to know what’s going on before you fill everything 010
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026also, after taking a flight home last night that featured 7A, I feel compelled to share today’s wordplay column: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/c...nytimes.comNYT Crossword Answers for Sept. 7, 2026Jeff Chen and Stephan Prock want to help you up your game. 130
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I was so very thrilled to chat with @lynneguist.bsky.social for today’s newsletter about Spelling Bee’s blatant rejection of LABOUR day to all who observe static.nytimes.com/email-conten...static.nytimes.comGameplay: The Road Less Travel(l)ed 054
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026if they didn’t want us to use girl math then they shouldn’t have invented rewards credit cards that “pay for themselves” 000
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026you can't spell ampersand without and. really makes you think 010
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026had a dream that I was in a politics class and someone tried to make a dig at liberalism by leaning over to me and saying "more like liableralism!" in the dream it was clever 000
Reposted by Sam CorbinBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026[getting out of bed, reluctant and groggy] Welp gotta add to the lore 11836188
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026it occurs to me that I really do tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen and pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come to life 2171