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10 most patriotic US states ahead of July 4: See if your home state made the list
Fox News· 18 hours agoPatriotism is defined as "the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s...
Historic writer's desk could be 'knackered' old fake
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDr Samuel Johnson was an 18th Century literary giant, remembered for compiling in 1755 what was then the most comprehensive dictionary of the English...
Geeking Out Over a Word’s History
New York Times· 4 days agoThe noun “geek” dates to the late 19th century, when it was an American slang word for a “foolish, offensive” or “worthless” person, according to the Oxford English ...
Do you know the difference between ‘codger’ and ‘cadger’?
Daily Telegraph· 4 days ago...familiar with Liberman’s many published works on etymology, including the recent, delightful Take...
Why our obsession with the Cotswolds could be tarnishing the area’s beauty
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoSo Taylor Swift is, reportedly, hunkering down in the Chipping Norton area this summer, escaping...
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s bump stock ruling values dictionaries over human lives
Washington Post· 5 days agoConservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court have decided that more Americans must die in mass shootings...
Only One Of The Simpsons' Famous Catchphrases Was Actually Created By The Show - SlashFilm
/Film· 22 hours ago"The Simpsons" can also be credited for the invention of the words "embiggen" and "cromulent." In...
Opinion: Supreme Court’s bump stock decision is a huge step backward – KION546
KION 46 Salinas· 4 days agoThe presence of such weapons, protested journalist Owen P. White in 1926, was “the paramount example...
An homage to the dad joke, one of the great traditions of fatherhood
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDictionary was in 2004 by a contributor named Bunny; it debuted on Twitter in 2007; joke compilation...
13 rap cuts that could be used to create cinematic masterpieces
Revolt via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOthers from the likes of Slick Rick and The Notorious B.I.G. practically beg to be a sprawling epic....