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Dictionary.com adds box braids to its lexicon
theGrio via AOL· 8 months agoThe wordbook defines box braids as a triple-stranded braid made from the hair in a square-shaped area of the scalp. The post Dictionary.com adds box...
Man gets a year in prison for threatening Merriam-Webster employees over their definitions for...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA stock image shows a dictionary's entry for 'Woman.'Getty Images A California man got a year in...
Mary Bullard: Avoiding 'twitterpation' on social media
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe word “twitterpated” was coined by Disney in the 1942 movie “Bambi.” The Oxford English...
Voices: 2022’s Words of the Year and what they tell us
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWord of the Year (WOTY) season is upon us, and like the first jingle of sleigh bells in Asda, the...
Susan Parker: Gov. Montiano created first town for freed Blacks in St. Augustine
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFriday evening, I was honored to speak to the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute at the launch of its...
Gary Brown: Boosting a bad vocabulary
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI don't want to sound disingenuous about the prodigiousness of my vocabulary. So, to prevent you from getting a fallacious idea about its magnitude I...
Best Poetry Lessons and Activities
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPoetry lessons. Since 1996, Americans have celebrated National Poetry Month throughout the month of April. Reading, writing, and reciting poetry is a...
Does Portsmouth's attack against Planning Board member pass the smell test?
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn an unprecedented first for the city and a possible first for the state, the city of Portsmouth is...
Encyclopedia Britannica plots $1bn stock market listing
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoEncyclopædia Britannica is preparing to join the US stock market with a hoped-for $1bn (£850m)...
The Things We Can't Say
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena; Yuliaglam An obscure webpage that Stanford University had quietly published seven months earlier made a huge splash in late...