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Halloween is upon us, and we might with good reason be curious about the biography of such words as “boogeyman” and “ghost” that are connected with the holiday.
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Hate—the term for this installment of “What’s the Word?”—describes a sense or feeling of deep hostility. It is a feeling that has many people in its grip,…
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In light of recent controversy over the notion of “toxic masculinity” it’s tempting to choose “toxic” as our first word for 2019. However, seems more…
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The word “thug” has been the center of public debates, most recently here in Kentucky when Governor Matt Bevin referred to the protesting of pension cuts…
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Recently, the Oxford English Dictionary declared the word “youthquake” the 2017 Word of the Year. At a first glance, it is fairly obvious that…
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It goes without saying that the English language is constantly changing, but while change is inevitable, some changes strike the ears of listeners as odd,…