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How New Words Get Added To Dictionary.com—And How The Dictionary Works
Where Did the Word “Vegan” Come From?
Why Isn’t It “Pardon my German?”
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Lexical Investigations: Camouflage
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Lexical Investigations: Echelon
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Lexical Investigations: Hypochondriac
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Lexical Investigations: Etymology
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Lexical Investigations: Karma
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Lexical Investigations: Sentimental
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Lexical Investigations: Desiderata
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Lexical Investigations: Awkward
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Lexical Investigations: Labyrinth
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Lexical Investigations: Balaclava
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Lexical Investigations: Holistic
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Lexical Investigations: Art
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How Are Dictionaries Used In Court?
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Lexical Investigations: Appendix
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Where do words come from? Do they really mean anything?
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Why “Bluster” Was Dictionary.com’s 2012 Word Of The Year
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What word did you last look up, and why?
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What Is Lost When A Language Goes Extinct?
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Lojban: The Artificial Language For Reducing Ambiguity
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Linguists found an Indo-European language hiding in rural Pakistan. Learn its story here.
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Where Do Brand Names Come From?
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Should business be English-only?
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What Certain Flowers Are Saying
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How Are 2 Related Languages Found On Opposite Sides Of The World?
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Are some languages really faster than English? Does that mean slower languages are less effective?
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What do you call a sandwich made on a roll?
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Words are dying right now. Are you helping to kill them?
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Will you miss the physical encyclopedia?
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Does your language affect your bank account?
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Is English an innately positive language? Scientists say yes.
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A language spoken in only one town
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Why “Tergiversate” Was Our 2011 Word Of The Year
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What “Occupy” Used To Mean May Make You Blush
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What do you call a sweet bubbly beverage?
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How does language influence how we think?
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These words may be removed from some dictionaries
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Why Is It Called “Rock n’ Roll”?
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After 90 years, scholars finish a 21-volume dictionary for an extinct language. Why?
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Words To Remember Every 13 Years
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Where And When Did Language Begin?
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What Words Make a “Supermoon” Super?
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Are emoticons words, symbols, or what? Consider this possibility . . .
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The sound of a chips bag opening? How do you describe it and what is the word for describing such sounds?
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What Is The Lesser-Known Language Millions Of People Speak In Spain?
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Michigander or Michiganian? Learn what these local names are known as
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What’s The Grossest Sounding Word In English?
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What Is The Origin Of The Word “Like”?
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Why are they called “Terriers,” “Pekingese,” and “Bluetick Coonhounds?”
