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Vocabulary
Are You As Smart As a Fourth Grader Should Be?
A new book compiles a list of 100 words kids should know at that age
6 Things BuzzFeed’s Style Guide Tells Us About What’s Happening to Language
Because yaaass
The Absolute Final, Last Word of the Year: Because
Because grammar.
‘Twerk’ Is Officially the Word You Want Banished in 2014
Don’t let the door hit your prominent behind on the way out
Research Shows More and More Guys Are Like, Totally Starting to Sound Like Valley Girls
Especially in Southern California.
Can You Tackle the World’s Trickiest Tongue Twister?
It’s harder than it looks.
Poll: What Word Should Be Banished in 2014?
No mo’ FOMO? You tell us
And Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Is…
… Going to make Bill Nye a happy man.
Why American Heritage Dictionary Is Adding ‘Selfie’ and Not ‘Twerk’
A modern day retelling of the tortoise and the hare
And Oxford’s Word of the Year Is…
Hint: James Franco is probably taking one right now.
Soda or Pop? Scholars Plan to Map All of America’s Regional English, Again
It took 50 years for editors to put together the Dictionary of American Regional English. Now they’re heading back into the field.