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pickleball
Pickleball is a game that combines aspects of tennis, table tennis (Ping-Pong), and badminton. It's known to be a fun, easy-to-learn, low-intensity game that can be played by people of a wide range of ages and abilities. -
What Does It Mean To Be Asexual?
by Rory GoryIn a recent study, “Diversity of Youth Sexual Orientation,” The Trevor Project found that one in five LGBTQ youth are using different words to describe their sexual and romantic identities and orientations, including terms like asexual and aromantic. (Read more about this study and those new words here.) But, there are many persistent and painful myths and misunderstandings surrounding sexual orientation, romantic attraction, …
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What Is The Difference Between “Fortnite” And “Fortnight”?
This week, Lady Gaga lit up Twitter with a simple question: “What’s fortnight?” What’s fortnight — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 15, 2019 As the viral response to her tweet made plain, Gaga had apparently confused fortnight with the massively popular online video game—and homonym—Fortnite. Gaga’s question also lit up searches on Dictionary.com for fortnight, which, compared to data from, well, a fortnight ago, went up …
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Forky
Forky is a toy spork in the animated film Toy Story 4. He is popular for his absurd appearance and hilarious antics—as well as his very moving and relatable existential crisis over whether he is… -
Key to Phonetic Respelling
The Dictionary.com Unabridged Phonetic Respelling Key Pronunciations written in phonetic respelling form are intended to be used by native speakers of English. This chart will tell you how to read the pronunciation symbols. In phonetic respellings, the primary stressed syllable is indicated by [ bold type ], as in newspaper [ nooz-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-mey-shuhn ]. Syllables are separated with a hyphen [ – ]. Consonants [ b ] boy, baby, rob …
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Key to IPA Pronunciations
The Dictionary.com Unabridged IPA Pronunciation Key IPA is an International Phonetic Alphabet intended for all speakers. Pronunciations on Dictionary.com use a subset of IPA to describe mainly the sounds of English. This chart will tell you how to read the pronunciation symbols. Stress marks: In IPA, /ˈ/ indicates that the primary stressed syllable follows and /ˌ/ indicates the secondary stressed syllable follows, as in newspaper /ˈnuzˌpeɪ pər/ …
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Why Is The Language Of The Sioux In Danger?
Dictionary.com’s United States of Diversity series by Taneesh Khera In 2019, the United Nations is raising awareness about the alarming loss of many of the world’s languages through its International Year of Indigenous Languages. In honor of that initiative, we are shining the spotlight on the languages of the Sioux, and the growing movement to preserve and reinvigorate these rich but endangered tongues. Where did …
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National Slap Your Irritating Coworker Day
National Slap Your Irritating Coworker Day, also called National Slap Your Annoying Coworker Day, takes place on October 23. It’s an unofficial, novelty holiday where you’re supposed to, well, sock it to that coworker that…
