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25 FUNNIEST reactions to Trump being too dumb to know what 'ambidextrous' means
Pride via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSomeone needs to buy this guy a dictionary! Trump says he’s able to focus on his campaign and his...
Neighbors: Sealaska Heritage Institute debuts multilingual online Alaska Native dictionary with...
Juneau Empire· 2 days agoPlatform includes resources for Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages.
Beyoncé's name to be added to French encyclopedic dictionary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThus, Beyoncé's name has a French origin. In 2004, the term "bootylicious" was added to the Oxford ...
Countdown star Susie Dent reveals she reads dictionary in the bath
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoSusie Dent has revealed she reads the Oxford English Dictionary in the bath. The lexicographer admitted the publication was an ‘oasis’ of knowledge which ...
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2024 | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 6 hours ago~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics: (1) New swing state polling, Hillary Clinton on the ignorance of youth, Trump will love jail, potential nasal spray, and you'll never guess from whom. ~
Opinion | How Singapore and Malaysia’s coffee names embrace multiculturalism
South China Morning Post· 1 day agoThe word kopitiam itself – included in the Oxford English Dictionary – comes from the Malay kopi...
A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic...
The Conversation· 19 hours agoWhat does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild places away from the hustle and bustle of people, or does it include humans too? The meaning of nature has changed since ...
Why do we say ‘green thumb,’ ‘out of the blue’ and more color idioms?
NY Post via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Oxford English Dictionary cited “[the] use of ‘green fingers’ as early as 1906 in the novel ‘The...
The origins of 50 common sayings that may surprise you
MSN News· 7 days agoStacker looked at 50 of the most colorful and descriptive terms with origins in rural America,...
Finding my writer’s voice: It doesn't matter where you start, only that you finish
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoHe was born in Rowan County and spent his early life with grandparents and relatives in Rockwell and...