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It's more important to stop the fighting than whether to call wars genocide | Opinion
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoObviously, as a mere word, genocide is a composite of "geno" and "cide" which roughly can be traced...
A new campaign wants to redefine the word 'nature' to include humans—here's why this linguistic...
Phys.org· 3 hours agoNow a new campaign, We Are Nature, aims to persuade dictionaries to include humans in their definitions of nature. This campaign, a collaboration between a group of lawyers and a design company ...
Opinion | How Singapore and Malaysia’s coffee names embrace multiculturalism
South China Morning Post· 4 days agoThe word kopitiam itself – included in the Oxford English Dictionary – comes from the Malay kopi...
Beyoncé's name to be added to French encyclopedic dictionary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThus, Beyoncé's name has a French origin. In 2004, the term "bootylicious" was added to the Oxford ...
Are These Foods Actually from Where Their Name Says?
MediaFeed via AOL· 3 days agoIn Germany, they are referred to as “weinerwurst” or “wieners,” the term for residents of Vienna. The first entry in the Oxford English Dictionary ...
American white pelicans nesting on Utah island for first time in 80 years
KTVX via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAmerican white pelicans have once again returned to a local nesting colony they abandoned last year,...
Review: Nashville Repertory Theatre's POTUS...
Broadway World· 1 day agoNashville Repertory Theatre closes out its 39th season with one of the best laugh-out-loud comedies we’ve ever seen on a Tennessee Performing Arts Center...
Why it matters that Biden says antisemitism has become 'ferocious'
The Forward· 5 days agoSpeaking at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Days of Remembrance, President Biden described the...
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2024 | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 3 days ago~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics: (1) New swing state polling, Hillary Clinton on the ignorance of youth, Trump will love jail, potential nasal spray, and you'll never guess from whom. ~