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

Classrooms are especially important places to embrace language variations.

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

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.

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

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

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

Semantic Satiation: Why Words Sometimes Sound Weird or Lose All Meaning

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Semantic Satiation: Why Words Sometimes Sound Weird or Lose All Meaning

Scots Wikipedia Is Notoriously Inaccurate Thanks to One Teenage Editor

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How Did Apple Pie Become an Iconic American Dessert?

Apple pie isn't as American as you may think.

The Racist Origins of 7 Common Phrases

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Merriam-Webster Is Updating Its Definition of Racism to Emphasize Systemic Prejudice

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10 Words Gen-Xers Made Popular

From yuppie to headbanger, Gen X certainly gave us plenty of words we still use today.

What the Death of the Apostrophe Protection Society Means for Grammarians

Snow toy's what?

You’re Probably Pronouncing Nevada All Wrong

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Can You Ever Truly Lose Your Accent?

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Uitwaaien, or Outblowing, Is the Dutch Cure for the Winter Blues

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40 Words That Start With X

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11 Secrets of Lexicographers

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15 Words That Aren’t As Straightforward As They Look

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