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Lake Superior State University has compiled their annual list of words they believe should be banned because of their "misuse, overuse and general uselessness." The words "amazing" and "baby bump" were two notable choices.
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As children read less and fail to build up a vocabulary, the author of a new book says in an interview the vocabulary deficit is a worrying trend that threatens confidence, future job prospects, relationships, and even the ability to understand jokes.
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Bob Dylan said it best, ‘The times they are a-changin.’ That was 1964. Fast forward 46 years and it’s worth repeating. Technology has altered much of what was and has created a new way of living.
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Millions of rejected words lie in a vault owned by the Oxford University Press. Although they have not been accepted for print, there is still hope for many of them.
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Next time you are playing a game of Scrabble think twice before reaching for the Oxford Dictionary because errors do exist, as proven by an Australian professor who recently found an error that was almost a century old.
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A school district in the U.S. state of California has temporarily banned the use of a dictionary that contains a definition for oral sex, a permanent ban being a real possibility.
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A judge in New York takes his oath of office with his left hand on a dictionary, rather than the customary Bible; officials could not locate a Bible for the ceremony.
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Words have a way of entering a language through many channels. Some come from historical events, some from borrowed words from other languages as people migrate from region to region
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The Oxford University Press has removed words form its Junior Dictionary that have to do with Christianity and British history.
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Merriam-Webster dictionary has named “w00t” as the word of the year. The word is used as an expression of joy coined by online gamers. It is spelled with two zeros instead of the o’s.
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'Dictionary of American Regional English' highlights local ways of speaking.
A parent's guide to gaming, including defintions of popular gaming terms.
The Dictionary of American Regional English showcases the diverse dialects of different areas of the United States. The fifth and final volume has now been published, 50 years after its inception. It covers Sl through Z, from “slab” to “zydeco.” The project, a series of five...
Wikipedia, the giant online dictionary, says it will be one of several sites that go dark Wednesday in protest against SOPA and PIPA, two bills in Congress meant to protect movies and music companies from online digital copying. Internet giants including Google and Twitter say the bills would be Internet censorship.
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