The word “marriage,” as John P. Marquand might have said, is a damnably serious business—particularly when it comes to …
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Poll: What Is 2011’s Word of the Year?
In this special edition of NewsFeed’s Wednesday Words column, our resident vocabulary nut rounds up proposed “words of the year.” Vote for the one that really deserves the title.
Wednesday Words: The Language of 9/11, Adult Domains and More
Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).