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Bannon: One of Us is Going to be a 'Hegemon'

"Something having dominant influence over others"

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Words of the Year: 1066

Or, Why Pig Meat is Called 'Pork' and Cow Meat is Called 'Beef'

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Time Traveler Quiz: Which Word Came First?

Which word entered the English language first?

Devilish Words

Don't blame a word use error on the devil.

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We're Down With You Being—or Your Being?—a Square

It's about (you? your?) having your say.

Is None Singular or Plural?

Or both? Or neither?

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We're Down With You Being—or Your Being?—a Square

It's about (you? your?) having your say.

Devilish Words

Don't blame a word use error on the devil.

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How 'Wonderful' Lost Its Sense of Wonder

A case of semantic bleaching

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Don't Let Reading This Be Another 'Coulda' 'Shoulda' 'Woulda'

PSA: They're three separate words.

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Time Traveler Quiz: Which Word Came First?

Which word entered the English language first?

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Name More Food!

Test your knowledge of food vocabulary!

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Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

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Dictionary Devil

The dictionary has been scrambled—can you put it back together?

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