Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) The Modern Dictionary." ...
Would you pass with flying colours if asked the origins of some of these expressions or would you just take pot luck?
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Merriam-Webster publishes a new dictionary. It’s a jab to AI and a reminder of actual intelligence.
The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...
As Sophie Smith, co-founder of College Contact, explained in a recent TikTok video, “If you were sitting in a job interview and you wouldn’t tell that story out loud, you shouldn’t be writing it in ...
In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores how words become enshrined in the dictionary and whether the book maker can keep up with the evolution of language.
How to free up time for meaningful work by Leslie A. Perlow, Constance Noonan Hadley and Eunice Eun Poking fun at meetings is the stuff of Dilbert cartoons—we can all joke about how soul-sucking and ...
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