Jorge Luis Borges once demeaned the dictionary, writing, “It is often forgotten that [dictionaries] are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of ...
One of my favorite parts of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is when the contestants ask for a word to be used in a sentence. The sentences—which occasionally name-drop Drake or quote Kelis—are gems ...
LONDON — Carbon footprint, green audit and Chelsea tractor are among the raft of environmental terms being added to the latest Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, published Thursday in United States ...
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