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Here’s How Words Not in the Dictionary Anymore Got Removed
The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed.
Jamieson Webster’s Elegant Meditation on How We Breathe
In the first few pages of On Breathing, the psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster remembers a patient who responded to a bad ...
Merriam-Webster hops on the Wordle train with new daily puzzle game
Hasbro has announced it is collaborating with The New York Times to create a Wordle: The Party Game, the board game adaptation of the uber-popular mobile word game. The gameplay is the same, but it's ...
The Real Reason Brits and Americans Spell “Color” Differently
Ahead, you’ll learn why he had it out for the u in color, and why the word is spelled differently in British and American ...
What is nihilistic? FBI says fertility clinic bomb suspect had 'nihilistic ideations'
What does nihilistic mean? What is does anti-natalist mean? What to know about the terms used by the FBI to describe the ...
What Kash Patel said on former FBI director James Comey's '8647' message calling to 'kill Donald Trump'
Former FBI director James Comey deleted the Instagram photo of seashells that spelled the numbers '8647' which he posted as a ...
What does 8647 mean? The ‘code’ that landed James Comey in hot water with the Secret Service
We are aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President Trump,’ current ...