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Poll: What Word Should Be Banished in 2014?
No mo’ FOMO? You tell us
The Most Popular Words of 2013 Prove We All Spend Way Too Much Time on the Internet
FAIL.
What You Missed While Not Watching the National Spelling Bee Finals
There were 11. And then there was one. O-N-E.
You May Now Call a Police Horse ‘Gay’ in the U.K.
A British law which had been used to prosecute a variety of poorly defined offenses will be amended, to the joy of British free speech advocates.
Wednesday Words: Surf Speak, Convention Vocabulary and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to say)
Woman’s New Name Spans 161 Words
What’s in a name? Among other things, “Stereo”, “Coalition” and “Feedback”.
The Most Exciting Dull and Boring Story You’ll Read Today
Two far-flung towns with odd names have created the perfect partnership. Headline Gods be praised!
Wednesday Words: The Word That Upsets ScarJo and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).
Wednesday Words: Bad Cantaloupes, Banned Books 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).
Why Are Men’s Fashion Terms So Unmanly?
We’re bound to see an influx of groundbreaking men’s garb as Fashion Week struts into New York. But what do we call some of these brand new items?
As OED Makes Room For New Words, ‘Cassette Tape’ Gets Nixed
As the Oxford English Dictionary heralds in new words, they’ve ousted some dated terms — including the apparently beloved “cassette tape”.