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From romps to smacks: The funniest animal group names and where they came from
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIf you’ve ever stumbled across a ‘charm of goldfinches’ or a ‘crash of rhinos’, you’ll know that the...
10 Words Added To First Oxford Dictionary Of African American English
VIBE via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
Millions of Americans speak Spanglish. This expert says that’s a superpower
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen José Medina was a kid growing up in Texas, teachers stopped him from speaking Spanish in their...
Say what? Here's a chaplain’s satirical list of troublesome faith words | On Spirituality
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI confess. I read some nerdy books. One such book is “Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words” (Crown, 2002). Bryson doesn’t suffer literary fools when it comes to the words we commonly misuse ...
‘The Writer as Illusionist’ Review: The Heart of William Maxwell
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF William Maxwell was a novelist of gentle contradictions. For decades a fixture in the...
Unearthing the brilliance and playfulness of Ring Lardner in ‘Frank Chance’s Diamond’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoNames fade, even names as distinctive as Ring Lardner, who was for a time as popular, famous and...
African American English Dictionary gives first look at 10 words, including ‘bussin’ and ‘old...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA dictionary comprised of words created or redefined by Black people released a list of 10 words that will appear when the book is published in March 2025. Topping the list is “bussin,” which ...
L.A. Affairs: I wanted romance. He made me feel weird about sex. Here's what happened
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn my new L.A. life, I touched Ben Affleck's knee and kissed Ellen DeGeneres' neck. I was California...
Is 'Latino' the most misunderstood term?
NBC News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe focus on Latinos in crisis or as undocumented immigrants misses their history and centrality to the American story, says Héctor Tobar in “Our Migrant...
