Tag Archives: serp-whoa

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   What Is The GWOAT (Greatest Word Of All Time)? Voters Chose…

   by Nick Norlen, Senior Editor Maybe it was inevitable. And perhaps it was obvious. But honestly, it’s hard not to love it.  We asked the internet public to vote to determine The GWOAT—The Greatest Word Of All Time. After multiple rounds and nearly 14,000 votes, they chose… love. Allow us, the objective language observers, to be sentimental for a moment.  We acknowledged up front that it’s …

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   Hold On, Is It Whoa Or Woah?

   Hold up, slow down—should it be spelled it whoa or woah? The “proper” spelling of this commonly used interjection of surprise is widely debated. Saddle up, because we’re about to break down the difference between whoa and woah by revealing which one came first and which of the two is considered the more standard choice. The word whoa is an interjection that’s used in a …