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Why 200 Linguistic Scholars Decided That ‘-ussy’ Is the Word of the Year
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRejoice, language nerds! While the Merriam-Webster dictionary tried to gaslight us into believing...
What Does 'OK' Actually Stand For?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOK's origins are apparently rather comedic. The English language is chock full of abbreviations. While the words behind many of these shortened forms...
Linguists Have Officially Dubbed '-Ussy' as Word of the Year
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe evolution of language on the Internet is truly a fascinating one, and future linguists will be...
Crosswords Reach Down and Across a Century
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoESSAY It was an unlikely way to set off a cultural explosion. Early in 1924, two young graduates of Columbia University, Richard Simon and Max Schuster,...
Where Did The Term ‘Scab’ Come From?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTwo young strike sympathizers on roller skates in the U.S. circa 1910s. Labor unions have made big headlines this year thanks to organized activity like...
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are...
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSince Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never...
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...
What ‘standing on business’ is all about
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis trending slang term has taken over social media; here is everything you need to know to “stand on business” […] The post What ‘standing on business’...
