Marsupial And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com
Trending words for the week of December 22–27.
Tag Archives: interest-popculture
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Grinch And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com
December 15–21
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Jalopy And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com
December 9–December 14
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These Are The Words That Divide Us
Sometimes it feels as if our country is more divided than it’s ever been. With social media and cable news outlets acting as our own personal echo chambers, it feels like our political differences seem to be dividing us more than ever. But, we should also recognize that this isn’t the first instance of divisive politics in US history. Think about the incredibly tumultuous 1960s, …
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Real World Words of Harry Potter
Do you know why we non-magical folks are referred to as muggles in the world of Harry Potter?
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What Does Calling Someone “Mom” On The Internet Mean?
While Kim Kardashian was busy “breaking the Internet” with her controversial photoshoot for Paper in November of 2014, New Zealand singer/songwriter Lorde was teaching the world—or at least her Twitter and Tumblr followers—about a new slang use of the word mom. How is mom used on the internet? These three little letters tweeted out by Lorde in response to Kardashian’s cover photo caused such confusion that the 18-year-old …
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What Is A Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
What does manic pixie dream girl mean? In 2007, film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl in an attempt to classify Kirsten Dunst’s role in Elizabethtown. He first described this stock romantic character as a woman who “exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.” Since the …