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Help your kids build their vocabulary!

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Do you know what languages these words come from?

You all would not have guessed some of these

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Words At Play

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The Disputed Origins of the 'Egg Cream'

A deliciously mysterious history

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At the Root of ‘Cubicle’

On the shape of office politics

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Registering the Politics of 'Register'

We hope it registers with you.

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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/11/19

Words from the week of 10/11/2019

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Minding 'Never mind' and 'Nevermind'

Not to mention 'nvm' and 'nm'

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Recent Posts

A Brief on 'Brief' and 'Debrief'

The 'de-' means "do the opposite of."

8 Meaty Idioms

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

You all would not have guessed some of these

Words We're Watching

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Words We're Watching: 'Cryosphere'

A climate science term hits the mainstream

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Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’

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Calling In a New ‘Brigade’

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Words We're Watching: 'Editorial'

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Usage & Grammar

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Is it 'Forty'? Or 'Fourty'?

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Do the Names of the Seasons Get Capitalized?

On common nouns and falling leaves

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On ‘Infringe,’ ‘Encroach,’ and ‘Impinge’

We’re all up in your business with them.

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A Note on the Nonbinary 'They'

It's now in the dictionary.

Commonly Confused

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'Adverse' or 'Averse'?

Don't be opposed to using either one

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Unmixing the Mix-up of 'Root,' 'Route,' and 'Rout'

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The Difference Between 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'

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'Conscience' vs. 'Conscious': Let Us Be Your Guide

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SEE ALL WORDS AT PLAY

WORD OF THE DAY

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friendly or mild

Test Your Vocabulary

Where in the World? A Quiz

What language does pajama come from?

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

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Dictionary Devil

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

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