Words At Play

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The Words of the Week - Sept. 30

Lookups from the weather, Russia, and the Baltic Sea

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Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 4

More words, more beautiful, more useless

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Ten Painless Ways to Improve a Conversation

Simple but Intelligent Word Choices

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The Words of the Week - Sept. 23

Lookups from the law, chess, and podcasting

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9 Misnomers and Misleading Names

These words mean what?

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Recent Posts

My Bad: 7 Words for When Things Go Wrong

Not that you ever make a mistake

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The Words of the Week - Sept. 16

Lookups from Ukraine, Britain, and cinema

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'Everyday' vs. 'Every Day'

A simple trick to keep them separate

Words We're Watching

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Words We're Watching: 'Orange Wine'

It's not citrus.

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What does 'yeet' mean?

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What does 'sus' mean?

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What is the 'metaverse'?

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Usage & Grammar

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What is a Preposition?

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'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

How to pick the right one

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'Ingenious' and 'Ingenuous': More Than a Typo

One's clever, the other's like a child

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On 'Awesome'

An extraordinary, terrific word

Commonly Confused

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'Bare' vs. 'Bear'

The difference bears repeating

Is it one word or two?

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‘Metaphor’ vs. ‘Simile’

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'Lose' or 'Loose'?

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Words Named After People

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