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Have you heard? Barry Crocker’s having a … well, Barry Crocker (“shocker”) of a time with those Reg Grundies (“undies”) people.
Karens everywhere can relate – they know it’s Jeffed up...
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Wordle is a quick English-language word game developed by software engineer Josh Wardle, as a unique gift for his partner, released in October 2021. It’s...
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“Kondo-ing” (de-cluttering) has become all the rage. But languages are hoarders that hang onto every used bit of clothing, threadbare cushion or musty old piece...
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Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves ‘if they can...
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Many languages in the world allude to body parts to describe emotions and feelings, as in “broken-heart”, for instance. While some...
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Symptom, virus, epidemic, quarantine.
We’ve become used to these terms in 2020. But the “COVID-19 vocabulary” might have been very different had it not...
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Last month, on the centennial of the 19th amendment granting American women the vote, US President Donald Trump announced he would issue...
