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Why do teens say, ‘Fax, No Printer’?
The Today Show via AOL· 5 days ago“Many kids have no understanding of what a fax machine is.” Burroughs adds: “The word ‘fax’ sounds like ‘facts’ so if you want to affirm what someone...
Can you spell these winning National Spelling Bee words? Test yourself with this interactive quiz
NBC Washington· 1 day agoAhead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to debate the words picked for the bee. As for...
"Hacks" wonders why saying sorry is rare in comedy
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 day agothat would play well to the Fox Nation crowd. A significant number of students react by vowing...campus' improv squad, which doesn't go as well . . . but...
'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· 4 days agoThe sports field has inspired many popular expressions today, including "par for the course" and "a...
Vol. 37, No. 5: Faroe Islands
The Wall Street Journal· 20 hours agoOf course, we don’t always go along with a government’s preferred English spelling (see Turkey), but it makes sense here. So now, we can say that...
Some Trump-appointed judges keep sneaking Biblical reference into court opinions
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe verse is generally read as illustrating the idea that divine plans are ultimately...sidelining...
Opera brings to life the poignant fate of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
The Forward· 3 days agoThis is the story of Yudel Mark, who, along with his colleague and rival, Max Weinreich, saw this ...
People With Commonly Autocorrected Names Call For Tech Firms To Fix Problem - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People whose names get mangled by autocorrect have urged technology companies to fix the problem faster, with one person whose name gets ...
Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
BBC News· 9 hours agoWill Google save the web, or destroy it? If you've ever typed "air purifier reviews" into Google,...
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of CFPB’s Funding Mechanism | JD Supra
JD Supra· 5 days ago“Although there may be other constitutional checks on Congress’ authority to create and fund an administrative agency, specifying the source and purpose is all the control the Appropriations ...
