Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead
Words of the year do not have to be new coinages, but may be existing words that seem to have become particularly apposite or ...
The Slovak Spectator on MSN12h
Slovník is its own reward
ONCE upon a time, during a dreary winter in Žilina, I started reading the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It happened to be the only book in my tiny collection, besides Finnegan's Wake, that I hadn't ...
Tahlequah Daily Press3d
GRAMMAR DOG: Revise wisely by following economical suggestions
Those 10 people who read last week’s column may remember that I promised more vocabulary study, but like a lot of people I ...
The Gazette on MSN3d
AI outrage: Error-riddled Indigenous language guides do real harm, advocates say
Until recently, the titles were listed on Amazon. “Someone is selling these, and I want to know who it is. I want them to ...
Scientific American6d
From Polarization to Brain Rot to Brat, 2024's Words of the Year Reflect Online Power and Peril
In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...