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Filtration Software Censored the Word Bone at a Paleontology Conference

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Filtration Software Censored the Word Bone at a Paleontology Conference

12 Surprising Facts About Dictionaries

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12 Surprising Facts About Dictionaries

9 Innocent-Sounding Words with Surprisingly Naughty Origins

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9 Innocent-Sounding Words with Surprisingly Naughty Origins

17 Scary Sayings for 'Ghost' From Across the United States

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17 Scary Sayings for 'Ghost' From Across the United States

17 Euphemisms for Sex From the 1800s

He's probably suggesting they engage in some amorous congress.

Profane Polly: Expletive-Spewing Parrots Have Been Removed From an England Zoo

"F*ck off!"

Why Do We Say 'Trick or Treat' on Halloween?

"Give us candy, or else!"

11 Common English Words from Native American Languages

Avocado is the Anglicized version of ahuacatl.

6 Punctuation Marks Hated by Famous Authors

F. Scott Fitzgerald was not a fan of the exclamation mark.

Duolingo’s Free Virtual Convention Will Cover How “Black Languages Matter” and More

Classrooms are especially important places to embrace language variations.

13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using

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More Than 650 New Words Have Been Added to Dictionary.com—Here Are 50 of Them

Online dictionaries can add words a little more quickly than their printed counterparts.

Absentee Ballot vs. Mail-In Ballot: What’s the Difference?

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14 Facts About International Talk Like A Pirate Day

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8 British Expressions, Explained

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20 Fall Harvest Words and Their Origins

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