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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Video: Why is there a 'c' in 'indict'?

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

 

Some imitative words are more surprising than others

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Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.

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How to Read a French Menu

 

How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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There, They're, Their

 

There, there. We'll sort it out.

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Which Came First? "Jeggings" or "mom jeans"? "Chillax" or "dumpster...
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