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Politics

Words Used to Describe 2012 GOP Field: Unimpressive, Stubborn, Dinosaurs

By Katy SteinmetzJune 03, 20110

The Pew Research Center and the Washington Post teamed up to find out how America feels about the current (possible) candidates for the Republican party’s 2012 bid. The top response was unimpressive, perhaps because it was the …

Bizarre

‘Grrl’ For Seven Points, Please: Scrabble Adds More Slang Words to Official Dictionary

By Megan GibsonMay 09, 20110

Scrabble traditionalists are going to hate this.

Wednesday Words: Royal Riddle, Trump Titles, “Food Rakes” and More

By Katy SteinmetzApril 27, 20110

Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

Arts

Channel Your Inner Bard on Shakespeare’s 447th Birthday

By Nick CarboneApril 23, 20110

All the world’s a stage, so today, proclaimeth thy love for Shakespeare by speaking as he would have.

Wednesday Words: Stephen Colbert Civics and Conspiracy Theories

By Katy SteinmetzApril 20, 20110

Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

Wednesday Words: Making Vocabulary Fun Since, Well, Today

By Katy SteinmetzApril 06, 20110

Welcome to the inaugural, weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the ole tongue).

Nation