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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
In a word: Maine is just so misunderstood
The common Maine phrase “right out straight,” for example, was correctly identified as meaning “very busy” by only 5% of those asked nationally.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2023
In a word: If you love some pun, set them free
Always remember that you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
In a word: Wish you could ‘unsee’ that ‘snite’?
A look at dictionary.com's efforts for more gender-neutral definitions and some new words for 2023.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2023
In a word: ‘Nepo baby’ and other dictionary additions
It's not even 'Blursday' but you're already suffering 'decision fatigue'? Stay calm and read on . . . and don't worry about 'information pollution' here.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2023
In a word: Do chatbots dream of new words?
The promise of AI includes the problem of dealing with 'hallucinations.'
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2023
In a word: Getting to no your heterographs
Some more straightforward quad heterographs include right, rite, wright and write, as well as bi, buy, by and bye.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
In a word: Kraken, chyron, RICO and the news
Today's news offers up more words to ponder and ... fear.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2023
In a word: Language changes … until it shouldn’t
Language is a living thing, always growing and changing. And that's all well and good until ... uh ...
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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
In a word: Dealing with more government cracies
Kratocracy? Kakistocracy? Cyberocracy? Or how about noocracy?
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
In a word: Dealing with the ‘cracies’ of the world
The term 'democracy' is just the tip of the 'ocratic' iceberg when it comes to the names we use for various forms of government.
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