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Why dictionary.com's word of the year is "hallucinate"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhile most people might think of hallucinating as something that afflicts the human brain,...
Fact Check: Armchair Linguists Claim 'Nickelodeon' Means 'I Don't Care About God.' Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoTikTok user @AnimeBibleVerse, X user @AnimeBibleVerse, Google Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia...
Kellogg is giving its Pringles and Cheez-It business a new name with classical Latin twist. It's the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPringles chips are among the snacks that will be managed by Kellanova, one of the companies being...
Guess who is applauding Latin American leaders’ latest measures against Israel? Hamas! | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMADRID — While visiting Spain on a book tour a few days ago, a headline in the daily La Vanguardia...
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the...
11 Language Books That Won’t Bore You
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuzzFeed News The BuzzFeed copy desk is obviously obsessed with all things grammar, style, and editing. Here are some of our favorite books on language....
'Perreo,' term for popular reggaeton dance, makes it into 'official' Spanish-language dictionary
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 months ago"Perreo," the name of the dance performed to the rhythm of the widely popular Latin urban genre...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...
Everett Johnston, killed at Mars Hill PO, remembered as a man of letters, loving husband
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMARS HILL - The ID of the man who was killed after a mail carrier ran him over at the Mars Hill post...
Where does the 'ñ' come from? The history of a very special Spanish letter
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAlthough the spelling "ñ" only exists in Spanish and Galician, it is true that the sound is not the...