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Dictionary.com adds over 300 new words: Here's what deadass, hellscape and petfluencer mean
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe have some new words to describe our hellscape. Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words...
Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee's word selection panel...
'Piccata' is trophy word for John R. Lea speller who takes top honor at Wayne Bee
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt took nearly four additional rounds between Makena Conrad and Lexi Mast to finalize the first and...
After six-round battle, fifth grader from Broward Public Schools wins Spelling Bee
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJasmine Perez’s head was hurting from thinking so hard about some of the words the judges were...
'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behavior that's mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright...
Dover's Bryce Beckley headed to national spelling bee
The Times-Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDOVER – The English language has about a million words. Bryce Beckley, 14, doesn't need to know all...
Fact Check: Rumors Claim 'Alcohol' Originates from an Arabic Word for 'Body-Eating Spirit.' Here Are...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMx. Granger/Wikimedia Commons Claim: The origins of the word "alcohol" come from the Arabic term...
Revolution Stage Company brings '25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' to Palm Springs
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt’s not surprising that James Owens was drawn to directing the new production of “The 25th Annual...
Gary Brown: Boosting a bad vocabulary
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI don't want to sound disingenuous about the prodigiousness of my vocabulary. So, to prevent you from getting a fallacious idea about its magnitude I...
'Harrumph, harrumph!' Ortiz 5th grader Kiwanis spelling bee champ
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the end, No. 1 was No. 1. Ten-year-old Sariah Titus was the winner Saturday of the 24th Annual...