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Our ‘Kumbaya’ Moment

How a folk song became a term of derision.

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Red Cross: 'Spartan' Conditions in Shelters

Red Cross Warns of Shelter Conditions

How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

And is one way more correct than the others?

Please Don't Whinge About Being Knackered, You Prat

Some of our favourite British words

Musical Words Quiz

A quiz in common time.

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Our ‘Kumbaya’ Moment

How a folk song became a term of derision.

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

And is one way more correct than the others?

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On 'Biweekly' and 'Bimonthly'

Sorry, not sorry

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'Shaken' (Not Stirred) and Leaving Us 'Shook'

The participle made famous by Elvis

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Hunting 'Snark' (and 'Snarky')

A not-so-sarcastic history

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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/14

Words from the week of 9/14/2018

Please Don't Whinge About Being Knackered, You Prat

Some of our favourite British words

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Ghost Word

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

Words We're Watching

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Words We're Watching: 'Copypasta'

You might've seen this one before

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Words We're Watching: 'Patchwriting'

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'Shadowban' Emerges from the Dark

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Hygge

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Usage & Grammar

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Can You 'Feel Good'?

We certainly hope so.

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Getting in the (Subjunctive) Mood

A guide to the trickiest verbs

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We're Going to Explain the Deal with 'Try And' and 'Try To'

Just try and stop us

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We Know You're Concerned about 'Important' and 'Importantly'

But more importantly, we can help

Commonly Confused

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Is It 'Whet' Or 'Wet' Your Appetite/Whistle?

Homophone confusion ahead.

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'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

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

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'Vise' and 'Vice': (Mostly) Not the Same Thing

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the setting in which something occurs

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