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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...
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....
What to know about this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSome of the nation’s brightest young minds are putting their knowledge of the English language to...
Constructed Languages Don’t Always Make It Into a Finished Film — but ‘Dune: Part Two’ Shows Why...
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNerds of a particular disposition once had to seek out a little red book by Ruth S. Noel called “The...
Banh mi and omakase join the dictionary. What it says about Asian cultural influence.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Andrea Nguyen was growing up in the 1970s and 80s, banh mi was still an insular Asian...
Naples mayor praised, Cape animal shelter expansion | Letters
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLetters to the editor should be 250 words or less. Include your name and city or community of...
Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee's word selection panel...
Letters to the Editor: You're using 'problematic' wrong. Or are you literally gaslighting me?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA scene from the 1944 film "Gaslight." (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Sunset Boulevard /...
‘Am I being selfish?’ Why I want to ban this damaging word from the dictionary
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIf I ran the world, I’d ban the word “selfish” from the English language. Dictionary.com defines...
Best Poetry Lessons and Activities
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPoetry lessons. Since 1996, Americans have celebrated National Poetry Month throughout the month of April. Reading, writing, and reciting poetry is a...