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Why do teens say, ‘Fax, No Printer’?
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWright says inspiration for the slang is older than a fax machine itself. “The use of ‘fax’ as a fun phonetic play on ‘facts’ dates back to at least...
R.O. Kwon on Alexander Chee, 'Sister Outsider,' and The Book That Everyone Should Read
Elle via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoA little while ago, after I published my first novel, I bought a used set of the 20-volume Oxford ...
'Run for their money': Why do we say this, plus ‘par for the course’ and more? 3 fun origin stories
Fox News via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe sports field has inspired many popular expressions today, including "par for the course" and "a...
These North Texas cafes are the cat’s meow
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoWhile fairly new to Dallas, cat cafes have been around for a while. The next year, the Oxford English Dictionary added the term “cat ...
STORM CENTER: Douty’s philanthropy lives on in Pipestone
Pipestone County Star· 5 days agoOxford’s english dictionary defines philanthropy as “the desire to promote the welfare of others.” No one lived that more than the late ...
Ready for this Hjelle: Giants reliever Sean Hjelle explains why he chose 'Bootylicious' for walk-up...
Sporting News· 3 days agoThe towering Giants reliever explained that the 2001 hit was written for him, whether Destiny's...
Some Trump-appointed judges keep sneaking Biblical reference into court opinions
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe panel majority opinion, written by Judge Ho, held that the accepted meaning of “to seek” meant...
Maternal mortality and the failure to value motherhood
The Washington Times· 5 days agoEvery major dictionary (surprisingly) still defines mother as “the female parent.” The Oxford ...
Inside Looking Out: Tiny Boxes | Times News Online
Times News· 2 days agoEagles were excellent readers. When I began teaching high school, there were three groups of students. S track was average and T Track were presumably the slower learners. Further in my career ...
The Library of Cannabis
High Times· 4 days agoUp in California’s Emerald Triangle, just north of Cal Poly Humboldt and nestled between the Mad River and a community forest, HendRx Farm is a commercial nursery dedicated to cataloging the ...
