Name that Food Quiz

Test your knowledge of food and food words.

How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

And is one way more correct than the others?

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Red Cross: 'Spartan' Conditions in Shelters

Red Cross Warns of Shelter Conditions

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New Words in the 2018 SCRABBLE Dictionary

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The History of 'Ampersand'

How the '&' got its name

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The History of 'Ampersand'

How the '&' got its name

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Words We're Watching: 'Debbie Downer'

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New Words in the 2018 SCRABBLE Dictionary

Impress your friends, annoy your relatives.

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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/21

Words from the week of 9/14/2018

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10 Obscure Words That Are Somehow Real

For frog-tossing, sword dancing, & more

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'Decadent': Luxury or Decay?

That dessert might kill you

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Our ‘Kumbaya’ Moment

How a folk song became a term of derision.

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

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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'

Paraphrasing in a cut-and-paste world

Please Don't Whinge About Being Knackered, You Prat

Some of our favourite British words

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What Exactly Is 'Normal'?

The history of a regular word

8 Words for Things for Holding and Carrying

For when you want to take it with you

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'Shadowban' Emerges from the Dark

If you can see this post, it’s not happening here.

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Hygge

Cozy or comfortable

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Trainspotting

The practice of watching trains

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The Floor/Ground Is (Lava)

A game in which players avoid the floor

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Noice

A slang word for "nice"

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Mile High Club

A euphemism for sex in an airplane

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8 Ball

An eighth of an ounce of cocaine

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secrete

to deposit or conceal in a hiding place

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