Last week, we asked readers which term should be blacklisted from our lexicon in 2013. Here’s the winner and this week’s other vocabulary highlights.
Vocabulary
Wednesday Words: Slow-Walking, Swole and More
TIME’s latest vocabulary highlights include a new hybrid musical genre, a Carolinian political threat and a useful German word for taunting liberal arts majors.
Wednesday Words: Babymoon, Self-Interrupt and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary. Humans say the darnedest things.
Wednesday Words: Kate Middleton’s Condition, Sandwich Slang and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary. Humans say the darnedest things.
10 Buzzwords to Take Off Your LinkedIn Profile Now
If you’re an innovative, creative problem solver with a track record, this post is for you
News and Trends
In 55 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months.
OMG! First Use of Abbreviation Found in a 1917 Letter to Winston Churchill
Lord Fisher’s Twitter account would have ruled. First use of OMG was in his 1917 Letter to Winston Churchill
Wednesday Words: Why We Say ‘Jackpot’ and More
NewsFeed’s weekly dig into our vocabulary. Humans say the darnedest things.
Wednesday Words: Twinkie, Taxmageddon and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary. Humans say the darnedest things.
Wednesday Words: Secession, ‘Fat-Blocking’ Sodas and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary. Humans say the darnedest things.
And Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year Is …
Hint: It’s three letters long and rhymes with the name of a certain ‘Back to the Future’ villain.
French Government Goes Back To School for Anti-Sexism Training
Members of French President Hollande’s cabinet undergo obligatory sexism awareness training as part of a push to attain gender equality–with mixed initial results