Angela Tung
Angela Tung's essays on language and culture have appeared at Mental Floss, Quartz, Salon, The Week, The Weeklings, and Wordnik. Her personal essays have appeared at The Frisky, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere.
Latest articles by Angela Tung
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11 words we learned from TV this week
feature From narcoterrorism to norovirus, an etymologic look at some curious words mentioned on Glee, New Girl, The Daily Show, and more
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11 words coined by Charles Dickens
feature The prolific author's inventive character names have given rise to many words now common in the English language
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10 whimsical words coined by Lewis Carroll
feature The acclaimed author of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass was an extraordinary inventor of delightful language
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10 sneaky pieces of thief slang
feature The true origin stories of grift, busk, smart aleck, and more criminal terms
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The week in words
feature From horse idioms to ATMs that speak Cockney rhyming slang, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture
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10 (not-so) extreme couponing words
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12 weird words we learned from TV this week
feature Crotcherazzi, jookin, tramp art, and more
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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 delightfully strange beard and mustache words
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