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Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
Nepo baby. Crony capitalism. Blursday. Over 500 new words added to Dictionary.com.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAre you greenwashing? How much sleep debt do you have? If you're unfamiliar with those terms you're...
Watch out for the words in Constellation Stage's 'Webster's B!+@#' Jan. 25-Feb. 11
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWords depend on the people who use them. "Webster's B!+@#" is a drama with comedy about letters +...
Don Kleinsmith: Can we think of better words?
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Great” is defined in Random House Webster’s School and Office Dictionary, in part, as “…first rate; excellent … highly significant … extraordinary...
Researcher Who Coined 'Cisgender' Reacts To Elon Musk Labeling It 'A Slur'
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwitter CEO and noted transphobe Elon Musk has decreed that the words “cis” and “cisgender” will be...
Unleash Joe Biden — the public needs to the hear the private truth about Donald Trump
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJoe Biden; Donald Trump Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images In private, President Joe Biden...
Why 200 Linguistic Scholars Decided That ‘-ussy’ Is the Word of the Year
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRejoice, language nerds! While the Merriam-Webster dictionary tried to gaslight us into believing...
Richard Wolfe: A business of ferrets
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe word “venery" has two unrelated definitions and usages. According to the Collins dictionary, the most recent (if you can call the late 15th century...
York in American History: A York tanner’s diary reveals his craft
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNote: Using original historical sources from diaries and journals housed at the Museum of Old York...
La. Senate approves cutting Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee Day from state’s holiday list
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLouisiana lawmakers on Friday approved revising the state’s official holiday list to no longer...
