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6 words and phrases that mean totally different things depending on what country you're from
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSome words and phrases have different meanings depending on where you're at in the...
Nice vs. Kind: The Difference Is Significant
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 7 months agoShould we strive to be nice or kind ― or both? The words “nice” and “kind” are often used interchangeably to describe a positive quality in a person....
Wordle 837 has players in a tizzy as they complain about 'oddball' word challenge
Woman & Home via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWordle spurt. Wordle 837 has stumped a number of players who struggled to work out the tricky...
‘Queer’ Has Changed Meanings a Few Times—Here’s What It Means Now and How It’s Used
Parade via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe English language is a funny thing. A word can mean something hundreds of years ago, then it gets...
Daddy Days: Translating the vocabulary of the boys
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe boys have come up with many unique words or phrases for expressing what they’re talking about. I really think I could create a short dictionary for...
Why dictionary.com's word of the year is "hallucinate"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhile most people might think of hallucinating as something that afflicts the human brain,...
We Bet You Don't Know What 'Bae' Actually Means
Men's Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom “baby” to “ stinky butt,” using cute (and sometimes horrifying) nicknames as a couple is one of those things we don’t really talk about, but almost...
We asked CPAC attendees what they think 'woke' means. Their answers were all over the place.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRepublican Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks on a panel about “Sacking the Woke Playbook” at CPAC on...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Hilariously Self-Owns With Simple Dictionary Definition
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFar-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was brought to book on X, formerly Twitter, after she...
What is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2023?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Word of the Year reflects the preoccupations of the time... And in an age of post-truth, ChatGPT, and deepfakes run amok, the line between “real” and...
