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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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Feels, Facepalm, And Fleek: What Words Did We Add To The Dictionary in 2015?
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Lexical Investigations: Google
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Lexical Investigations: Goggle
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Can an Inhaled Word Mean Something?
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Here Are Some New Words Added To Dictionary.com
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What Does Calling Someone “Mom” On The Internet Mean?
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3 Trending Words from the Week’s News
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What Does “Winter Solstice” Mean?
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Why “Exposure” Was Our 2014 Word Of The Year
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Caring About Whether You Couldn’t Care Less
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What Is A Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
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Infographic: A College Slang Cheat Sheet
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Dear Dad: Trending Lookups for Father’s Day
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Know Your Collywobbles from Your Mulligrubs with the Dictionary of American Regional English
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The Lost Language of Love and Courtship
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Does Your Handwriting Really Say Something About Your Personality?
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Misspelling of the Year 2013
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Why “Privacy” Was Our 2013 Word Of The Year
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The Dictionary Just Got A Little Bigger
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What Does The Phrase “Lean In” Mean?
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How Old Is The Word “Twerk”?
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Selfie: A Portrait of a Word
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Is Text Messaging Ruining English?
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Lexical Investigations: Anarchy
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Why Is It Called America, Not Columbusia?
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Lexical Investigations: Happiness
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Like vs. Like-Like: A Look at Reduplication in English
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Lexical Investigations: Flair
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What Is Mumblecore?
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Lexical Investigations: Frugal
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Lexical Investigations: Motley
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Lexical Investigations: Sustainability
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Lexical Investigations: Soul mate
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Lexical Investigations: Fiat
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Do you use “so” to manage conversations?
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Lexical Investigations: Stuff
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Lexical Investigations: Paragon
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Lexical Investigations: Outlier
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Lexical Investigations: Noble
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Yeezus, Simile, and Metaphor
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Lexical Investigations: Genius
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Lexical Investigations: Hokey
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Lexical Investigations: Bomb
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Lexical Investigations: Synergy
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Lexical Investigations: Plagiarism
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Lexical Investigations: Wit
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Lexical Investigations: Diaspora
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Lexical Investigations: Dogma