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    Dictionaries Soon to be Antiques to Your Future Grandkids

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 6:00AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: words, spelling, antiques, digital age, dictionaries

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    • 35 Ratings
    • 8375 Views
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    Sarah Palin Now Creates New Words Like William Shakespeare

    JULY 19, 2010 3:00PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: william shakespeare, sarah palin, meaning, language, words

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    • 55 Ratings
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    Words are Alive

    APRIL 6, 2010 5:49PM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: smile!, calm down, shut up, fuck you, i'm sorry, i love you, words

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    • 44 Ratings
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    The Word That Lurks Beneath...

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 11:10PM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: mortimer hayden smyth, racism, gop, republican, conservative, obama, muslim, radical, socialist, hitler, nazi, health care, town hall, joe wilson, hussein, illegitimate, antichrist, racist, words, i want my america back, country, indoctrination, code words, dog whistle

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    • 2851 Views
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    The Ineffable Power Of “Fuck”

    JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM

    By Floyd Elliot


    Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 6485 Views
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    Know What It Really Means to Be Naughty?

    OCTOBER 24, 2008 5:09PM

    By Erika Szostak


    Topics: feminism, language, words, women, halloween

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 2336 Views
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    Scrambled Eggcorns

    OCTOBER 22, 2008 5:14PM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: eggcorns, malapropisms, words, linguistics, language, books

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