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Geof Huth has contributed a forward titled "onewordworld" in which he writes, "To make a poem within the limits of a single word. That is the project. That is the entire project of pwoermds. To eschew grammar. To isolate words from the running water of sentence, To focus attention. To be a wordist more than a writer, To be a wreader more than a reader." pwoermd is definned "n. A single word presented as a poem adn unadorned with a title." [poem + word (w the letters rom each word alternated to produce the neologism)]"This book is dedicated for Bob Grumman (1941-2015). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The two neologisms mentioned in this article [August 5, 2012] are "Exterience" (To see a personal event from a spectator's point of view) and "Feeligitimate" (unable to trust one'd own instincts). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue is based upon computer text manipulations of titles of U.S. patents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem is typed one word per line and reads, " 1 / nominative / vocative / accusative / genitalive / dative / ablative 2 / s/he / you / her-him / heirs / toher forhim / bywithfrom them." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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One poem or neologism, e.g., visualcohol, trapple, etc. is printed on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The work consists of two flat panels of green colored plexiglas that enclose a clear panel held together by four plastic housings for disposable hypodermic needles. Seagram placed large, paper-cut, black and white, letters of varied size onto the clear plexiglas panel to form the text. It begins "U Tempest Us Nota Wit Ut Tel A Vision Air Y... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Publishers Weekly : Journalist and language expert Erard believes we can learn a lot from our mistakes. He argues that the secrets of human speech are present in our own proliferating verbal detritus. Erard plots a comprehensive outline of verbal blunder studies throughout history, from Freud's fascination with the slip to Allen Funt's Candid Camera. Smoothly summarizing complex linguistic theories, Erard shows how slip studies undermine some well-established ideas on language acquisition and speech. Included throughout are hilarious highlight reels of bloopers, boners, Spoonerisms, malapropisms and eggcorns. The author also introduces interesting people along the way, from notebook-toting, slip-collecting professors to the devoted members of Toastmasters, a public speaking club with a self-help focus. According to Erard, the aesthetic of umlessness is a relatively new development in society originating alongside advents in mechanical reproduction, but it may be on its way out...

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The publication of this catalogue was supported in part by the Sackner Archive. Peter Larkin contributed an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Elizabeth Was uses her abbreviated name "Liz Was" in this book. The authors describe this book as a "composite assembling of styles of visual information...contrasting the hand-drawn with the computer-generated, the cave painting with the graffiti. Language has been twisted to form palindromes & anagrams. Photos have materialized out of nowhere to be assigned neologisms. Glyphs have been etched into paper & slogans have been coined." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Introduction by Crag Hill. This is the second edition of the book first published in 1987. The printing employs bold typeface rather than normal typeface as in the first edition. The collaged page has been removed and there are a few substitutions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poems in the book of single words are an extension of the minimalist poetry of Aram Saroyan. In an introduction, Hill comments on two poems by Huth on facing pages, "Wooman and Breathsts" as follows: In "Wooman," Huth the two "o's" suggest brea In "Breathsts," the words "breath and breasts," are joined to indicate the analogy of the rise and fall of the breath and breasts. Breath is most necessary to survival even before food and water as are breasts symbolizing the fountain of life. This is the first edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Also designated in "Curvd H&Z" series as No.94 and in "One Cent Series" as No.59. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Also designated Curvd H&Z No.5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.