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Booyah — Dictionary.com Is 30! A Trip Back to 1995

Where Your Favorite Halloween Candy Got Its Name

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Speak Of The Devil! 15 Infernal Names For The Evil...

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16 Spanish-Derived Words That Highlight Hispanic Cultures

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13 Pizza Terms and Styles to Sauce up Your Pizza...

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15 Wonderfully Weird Words That Will Astound You

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16 Vocabulary Words To Make You Sound Smarter

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17 English Words That Navigated Directly From Old Norse

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“Squash” vs. “Gourd”: Can You Taste the Difference?

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13 Wicked Words For A Fun (And Fright) Filled Halloween

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Where Does the Name “October” Come From?

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Monotheism vs. Polytheism: What’s the Difference?

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Timber vs. Lumber: Split The Difference

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Wow Yourself With 17 Words With “Word” In Them

Word to the wise—this list of words with "word" in them is worth a read. You may know "password" and "buzzword," but what about these other words?

Get the word on this self-referential list!

Portmanteau And Other Cool Words About How We Use Words

You may know oxymorons and euphemisms, but there are numerous fun and fascinating ways words are used. Learn some of the cool words about words here.

Contextualize your lexicon!

11 Word Facts You're Wrong About

Sorry to burst your bubble, but chances are you've been using these words incorrectly all this time. Get the facts on some commonly mistaken words here.

Set the record straight!