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11 Delightful Old-Timey Words for Tricks
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Deciding when to use an em dash instead of some other punctuation mark is largely up to you—except in situations that call for an en dash or hyphen.
40 Vibrant V-Words To Revamp Your Vocabulary
A list to please even the most vinerous among us.
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What does ‘yeet’ mean, anyway? Merriam-Webster now has a formal answer.
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The origin of the phrase ‘silver screen’ is less about movies and more about how people watched them in the good old days.
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Like so many other phrases, the meaning of ‘pass with flying colors’ has nautical roots.
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'Scrouge' means to crowd someone. Worth remembering in the COVID-19 era.
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Don't let these trip you up.
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The term ’burned out’ dates back to the early 19th century—and people have had other names for it for much longer than that.
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Our humble letter R has one of the lengthiest and most complicated histories of all the letters of the alphabet.
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A "retronym" is a term specifying the original meaning of word after a newer meaning has overtaken it.
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From ink to calm, you might be surprised to learn how many words come back to scorching temperatures.
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If you’ve spent time in New York City, or plan to, you might want to brush up on some of the most common slang terms you’ll find in the Big Apple.
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Horses own the winner’s circle in English idioms. But where did these popular phrases originate?
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People have been “dropping like flies”—often due to weather—since at least the mid-19th century.