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Simile Examples in Literature and Everyday Language
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSimiles are like spices for writing: Used in the right proportion, they can add zest and verve to your prose. Once you're familiar with them, you'll...
6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week
New York Times· 3 hours ago“The only way not to go off course is to look back,” the filmmaker Sergio Cabrera reflects in this novel. As Cabrera’s life lurches from 1960s China to...
The Chain-Smoking, Jewish Grandma Who Ruled ’70s NYC Porn
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoGreenwhich EntertainmentSurvival often requires boldness, and no one proved that more than Chelly...
Opinion: It’s like, literally, amazing | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 14 hours agoNow I'm certainly not a grammar Nazi or a word nerd, but young people out there really need to focus...
'Run for their money': Why do we say this, plus ‘par for the course’ and more? 3 fun origin stories
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe sports field has inspired many popular expressions today, including "par for the course" and "a...
'Afghan Star' Explores The Talent Show That Sparked A Cultural Revolution | iHeart
iHeartRadio· 4 days agoMusic is a powerful instrument, a universal language that crosses cultural and physical barriers to...
Artist Layo Bright's Garden is Blooming with Glass Flowers | Artnet News
Artnet News· 1 day agoLayo Bright believes in the language of flowers. Flowers, she believes, are the perfect metaphors...
'Foreigners Everywhere,' Unpacked: What a Biennale Built on Cosmopolitan Myth-Making Leaves Out |...
Artnet News· 6 days agoThe important Brazilian art critic Mário Pedrosa (no relation to Adriano, as far as I know),...
Why do teens say, ‘Fax, No Printer’?
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt’s very similar to ‘No cap’ which means, ‘No lie.’” Kelly Elizabeth Wright, a postdoctoral research fellow in language sciences at Virginia Tech, tells...
"After Edokobi's Employees Left, Smith Cast 'Evil Curses" upon Edokobi's Life and Business"—But Not...
Reason.com· 7 days agoIn the light most favorable to Edokobi, the complaint alleged, generally, three claims: first, during an argument in front of two of Edokobi's employees about payment for work Smith had performed ...