Latest articles by Angela Tung
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The week in words
feature From Scott Brown's bqhatevwr to an oral history of YOLO, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture
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The week in words
feature From the grammatic evolution of LOL to how U.S. mountains are named, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture
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The week in words
feature From the language of guns to the difference between U.S. and U.K. crosswords, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture
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The mysterious origins of the Jersey Devil
feature This fearsome creature has supposedly haunted the Garden State for hundreds of years. Boo!
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8 words coined and popularized by Jonathan Swift
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8 delightfully strange beard and mustache words
feature Time to marquisotte that ziff, you weirdie
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Spelling confessions: The super-frustrating words we still mess up
feature Even language lovers struggle with spelling sometimes
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Our favorite bits of 1920s slang
feature Beyond the bee's knees, phrases like French kiss, blind date, sexpert, and backseat driver were all coined in the roaring '20s
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18 delightful words from the final season of The Office
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15 of our favorite words from Mad Men's sixth season
feature Yankee wrinkle, bogart, grok, and more
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