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Language
And Finally
Are we oversharing?
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
What’s the 411 on 101?
By Dot Wordsworth
Place
How I saved a baby in Laos’s jungle
By Sean Thomas
And Finally
What does it mean to be ‘2S’?
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
What does ‘macabre’ have to do with the Bible?
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
The spread of ‘slather’
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
‘Super’ has become super-annoying
By Dot Wordsworth
Media
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Politico
progressives double down on list of banned words
By Amber Duke
And Finally
The excessive meanings of ‘bunch’
By Dot Wordsworth
Language
The words actually worth banning
By Lionel Shriver
Language
The American war on words
By John R. MacArthur
Education
America’s war on words
By Lionel Shriver
Language
2022’s worst words
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
Entering crisis mode
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
What do ‘catcalls’ have to do with cats?
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
The not-so-sweet roots of ‘nice’
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
When did brothers and sisters become ‘siblings’?
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
What does ice cream have to do with ‘late capitalism’?
By Dot Wordsworth
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