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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/20

Words from the week of 7/20/2018

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Ghost Word

The story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary.

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Giuliani: Secret Recordings 'Powerful Exculpatory Evidence'

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5 Words for Clumsy People

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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