Tag Archives: vocabulary
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What’s The Difference Between Socialism vs. Communism?
What is socialism? Socialism has three main meanings: 1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. 2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory. 3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to …
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“Spring Forward, Fall Back” And Other Memory Tricks
At the beginning of Daylight-Saving Time, we all spring our clocks forward one hour … and gripe about losing an hour of sleep. Then, we all turn around a few months later, fall back, and thank our lucky stars that we get some extra shuteye. The official term for it is daylight-saving time or daylight-savings time (because we all ended up saying this version more … …
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Medical Terms You Didn’t Know Existed
If you fancy yourself a modern-day Florence Nightingale, or if you just really like to look up your symptoms late at night online, these 10 weird medical terms need to be added to your vernacular faster than you can say "diagnosis."
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Suburban Dictionary.com
The suburbs have a language just as colorful and vibrant as the cities. In deference to our fair suburbs, we decided to even up the playing field a bit. Here's our suburban dictionary.
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Right On: Slang Words From The Copacetic 70s
These phrases became especially popular by artists & cool cats in the '70s.
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