- Teddy Bears. The Brothers Grimm. Danger Cluck.
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- Weird punctuation with 'Jr.' Carl's Jr. Hockey.
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- Inflation, quiet quitting, and "un-" words, like "undressed," that can have two meanings. Gotcha Day.
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- How COVID Changed the Way We Think About Words. How to Write Dates. Prefeed.
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- World Cup Words. The Origin of Toasting. Says.
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- Goblin Mode, Woman, & More. Words of the Year, with Kory Stamper
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- The Wonderful Words of Christmas
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- We found the book!
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- What's a Honeyfuggler? 'Through' vs. 'Throughout.' Arriversary.
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- A Strange Use of 'Said.' Kith and Kin. New Scrabble Words!
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- Why Today's 'Thank You' Is Different from an Ancient 'Thank You.' Gerunds.
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- WWII Words. A 'bit' of an Issue. Kleenex.
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- The Medieval Origins of the @ Symbol. Hyphens in Dual-Heritage Terms. Pitch.
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- The Difference Between Magic and Magick. Some Fascinating Spooky Words. Holy Fagachi!
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- Randall Munroe of xkcd: Language Chat and Weird Bee Laws.
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- The Subconscious Rules of Conversation. The Double-Word Problem. Cookie Fish.
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- Wick-ED Fun Pronunciations. Deviled Eggs.
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- When Is a Man a Widow? Where Do We Get the Word 'Blurb'? Sci-Fi Versus Fantasy. Bert and Ernie.
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- Mood & Atmosphere in Fiction. An Interview with Joshua Essoe
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- Split Infinitives. I Can't Even. Macken.
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- Why Some People Say 'Might Could.' The Spanish Influence on English. Mickle Story.
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- Accent Hallucination. False Ranges. Thanks, Chris.
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- 'Skrrt,' 'Bottle Episode,' 'Skeuomorphs' and more. An Interview with John Kelly of Dictionary.com.
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- What's up with Splooting? Capitalizing Titles. Momilltellya.
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- How Gendered Languages Are Changing. Jugopop.
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- How Using Pliers Improves Your Language. Weird Possessives. Ducky File.
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