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We’re already at the end of May?!
Nobody wants to be either.
Some words say exactly where they're from
The awkward case of 'his or her'
embolization 'the process by which a blood vessel or organ is obstructed by a material mass'
oleaginous 'marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality'
pansexual 'sexual desire or attraction...not limited to a particular gender identity or sexual orientation'
symbiote 'an organism living in symbiosis'
charlatan 'faker or fraud'
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to coax or persuade
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The rhyming verb edition.
A game of winding words.
The story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary.
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