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9 Baby Name Trends To Look Out For This Year
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHuffPost asked naming experts to share some of the themes they think will influence parents’ baby name choices this year. Although classics like James,...
Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...
Merriam-Webster dictionary adds Gen Z slang words such as ‘simp’ and ‘rizz.’ What do these words...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhat is the most popular slang for Gen Z? What is Gen Z lingo? What is the most Gen Z thing to say?...
YSL and Pushin P: A dictionary guide to the Young Thug trial
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe highly anticipated Young Thug trial is underway with both sides throwing around terms that...
How is your Emoji-nal intelligence? A guide to the melting face emoji, other misused symbols
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoLast night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull emoji...
This is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2023
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMerriam-Webster announced Monday that its word of the year for 2023 is “authentic,” in a nod to the rise of artificial intelligence and a spread of...
‘Catawampus’ Was Just Right for ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoWORD ON THE STREET When HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” wrapped up its 12th and final season last...
90 Middle Names for Girls, Whether You Want Something Traditional or Unique
PureWow via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPureWow Editors select every item that appears on this page,, and the company may earn compensation...
'Ghosted' and 'salty' are top slang words of 2022, survey says. But 'bae'? Not so much.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSlang. We low-key love to use it, but we often don't know the meaning of the phrase we're tossing...
An Encouraging Word: What is love?
The Sault News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA teacher asked her elementary school students to answer the following question: “What is love?” Here were some of their responses. “Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff ...