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  1. Phrases Only New Englanders Know

  2. Words To Describe Those Weird Feelings We All Get

  3. The Slang of Suds: Know Your Beer!

    The microbrew/craft beer industry has exploded in recent years, offering both professionals and home brewers the opportunity to experiment and create beer that‘s probably a far cry from what Homer Simpson drinks down at Moe’s. While the beverage is nearly as old as civilization (it goes back to Mesopotamia, and is the oldest alcoholic drink), it’s definitely taken some interesting twists and turns. Here, we present some new beer terms you might want to know before you head out to your local craft brewer.

  4. Wacky Regionalisms: Different Word, Same Meaning

  5. The Magical History Of The Characters’ Names In “Harry Potter”

  6. Bizarre Town Names We Couldn’t Make Up

  7. Tired Slang We Can All Stop Using Now

    Want to sound totally out of date? Continue using worn out slang words from 2016 (and on) in your vocab. But if you don't want to annoy your friends anymore with phrases from yesterday, you better skip on sliding any of these into the conversation (and add a few new phrases instead).

  8. Insect Armies! Terrifying Bug Groups Explained

  9. Where There’s Warmth, There’s Also Coolth: Long Lost Word Pairs

  10. The Best (And Worst) Scandal-Gates

  11. French Fries Aren’t French: Names That Went Wrong

  12. International Sayings Lost In Translation