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Rachelle Hampton

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Is “Complexifier” a Real Word? A Slate Investigation.

Elliot Hannon

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John H. McWhorter

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Amazon’s Alexa Is Totally Baffled by My Bilingual Family

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The Many Meanings of Truth

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Jan 22, 2019 9:46 AM

A Penetrating History of the F-Word

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When Did English Get Happy?

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Dec 26, 2018 10:38 AM

Want a Best-Seller? Put the F-Word in the Title.

Ruth Graham

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Why I Spend Hours Making Collages of Inspirational Women That I Never Print Out

Alyssa Perrott

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Why Language Can’t Be Tamed

John H. McWhorter

Dec 11, 2018 10:18 AM

Is Social Media Changing English?

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Nov 27, 2018 1:22 PM

Why Watching Disquieting Videos of Dark Water Rides Is My Favorite Waste of Time

JoAnna Novak

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Why I Spent My Early Writing Career Chasing Rarefied Words

Nic Dobija-Nootens

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A Complete History of Drinking Through Your Hangover

Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall

Nov 20, 2018 10:00 AM

What if Political Correctness—Understood Properly—Was the Medicine Needed to Heal a Divided America?

Arthur Dudney

Nov 14, 2018 11:30 AM

What Was the First Language?

John H. McWhorter

Nov 13, 2018 11:10 AM

So … Let’s Talk About “So”

John H. McWhorter

Oct 30, 2018 12:43 PM

How Much of the New American Songbook Will Be Sung in Spanish?

Isabelia Herrera

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A Meditation on the Evolution of the Word Like

John H. McWhorter

Oct 16, 2018 2:05 PM

Chrissy Teigen Gave Up on People Mispronouncing Her Name. As Someone With My Own “Difficult” Name, I Get It.

Rachelle Hampton

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