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PublishedMay 29, 2022
In a word: A Sunday double-header — more sports terms
Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was so good at making other players look foolish with his between-their-legs moves that he inspired a poster reading “Suarez can nutmeg a mermaid.”
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PublishedMay 22, 2022
In a word: Albatross, posterize and other sports terms
One of the sports world's greatest attractions is the language it uses. Over the years, words and phrases have been continually coined, appropriated and fabricated.
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PublishedMay 15, 2022
In a word: RINOs, DINOs, jackasses and more political wildlife
In 1870 Harper’s Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast called one of his drawings 'A Live Jack-Ass Kicking a Dead Lion,' in which the jackass represented the Northern Democrats, and the lion was Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton.
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
In a word: ‘Wedges,’ ‘rafts,’ ‘kindles’ and more animal talk
A group of ravens is known as an 'unkindness,' while when it comes to geese, on the ground a group of them is called a 'gaggle,' but in flight they're known as a 'skein' or 'wedge.'
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PublishedMay 1, 2022
In a word: The Matryoshka doll of English: words in words
They can be found everywhere including in synanagrams, antigrams, compound words, portmanteaus and even kangaroo words. A closer look at words bearing words.
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PublishedApril 24, 2022
In a word: Some new words we need … and some we don’t
Flopcorn, Jiffylust, brimplet and glacket are among the words suggested for inclusion in the dictionary to fill some gaps in our language.
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PublishedApril 17, 2022
In a word: Playing Scrabble for fun, literacy, positive qi
The 89-year-old game is still going strong, creating friendly rivalries, increasing vocabulary and, next weekend, raising money for local literacy efforts.
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PublishedApril 10, 2022
In a word: Cowabunga! Words and phrases from TV
Television programs have been a factory of word creation over the years, with many words becoming part of the lexicon yada yada yada . . .
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PublishedApril 3, 2022
In a word: Marx Brothers: Absurd, wacky and still relevant
'You can leave in a taxi. If you can’t get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that’s too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.'
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
In a word: Terms of engagement: weapons and words of war
'False flag,' 'tranches,' 'SWIFT,' 'Molotov' and the mysterious 'Z' are among the words we're hearing as the invasion of Ukraine continues.
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