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20 Longest Words in English and Their Meanings (Plus, How To Pronounce Them!)
Parade via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoBack in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed...
Nearly 700 New Words Were Just Added to the Dictionary—Here Are All the Ones Related to Food
Parade via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEvery year, lexicographers at Merriam-Webster add new words to their esteemed tome, keeping a...
Southwestern Middle schooler ties for 17th at 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNot everyone knows the difference between “nice” and “gneiss,” but Southwestern Middle School’s...
A Comprehensive Guide to Verbal Linguistic Intelligence
Verywell Mind via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDo you love reading, writing, and languages? andreswd / E+ / Getty Reviewed by David Susman, PhD...
Is 'spooky' season insensitive? What to know about the word's racist origins, etiquette
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAs temperatures cool down and scary Halloween decor goes up, it seems fitting to call October...
New evidence suggests dogs may ‘picture’ objects in their minds, similarly to people
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis photograph shows a dog EEG experimental setup. When a dog follows a command or fetches a ball,...
School is starting. Here's how parents can help children learn to read
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs students return to the classroom for a new school year, parents and families can play a role in...
Wordle editor Tracy Bennett reveals what words get the most complaints
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere's a five-letter word that describes Tracy Bennett's job: B-L-I-S-S. In November, The New York...
Lori Falce: Words matter, but actions behind their meanings don't
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 20—I often lament the way people try to harness language like a horse that just needs to be broken in an attempt to solve a problem rather than addressing the problem. Take the vocabulary ...
AI invades 'word of the year' lists at Oxford, Cambridge and Merriam-Webster
TechCrunch· 7 months agoFew would disagree that 2023 was, in the world of technology at least, dominated by artificial...