Meet the American who defined a new national identity, Noah Webster, New England patriot armed with the pen
Noah Webster was the patriot armed with a pen. He defined 12,000 new words in the wake of the American Revolution, using ...
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Former Harvard president Larry Summers thinks Bill Ackman asking for lists of student names is the 'stuff of Joe McCarthy'
For context, Joseph McCarthy was a US senator from 1947 to 1957. The American Heritage Dictionary defines "McCarthyism" as the political practice of "publicizing accusations of disloyalty or ...
A Black Surrealist Finally Gets His Due
A solo exhibition of the poet and visual artist Ted Joans is a mostly fitting tribute to an artistic visionary.
Merriam-Webster adds “burrata,” “street corn” and more common food terms to its dictionary
The recent additions come after the dictionary included cheffy, chef’s kiss, jollof rice, smashburger and stagiaire ...
What We Know About Why Hurricanes Have Names
Some credit 19th-century Australian meteorologist Clement L. Wragge for initiating the hurricane-naming process.
No Evidence Harris Borrowed Saying, 'What Can Be, Unburdened by What Has Been,' from Marx
Another thread on X claimed the phrase was an "inverted quote" from Marx: ...
200 New Words and Definitions Added to Merriam-Webster
Today Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 200 new words and definitions to its iconic dictionary – maybe not a beach read, but worthy of a For You page and nearly as irresistible as street corn.
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An American man in Galway translates Irish office chatter
Now we’re sucking diesel with this perfect list of translations. An American man working in an office in Galway decided to ...
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A List of Everything Trump Claims Is ‘Election Interference’
The latest Trump clam is that the alleged inadequacy of his Secret Service detail is a “kind of election interference,” on ...
Avoiding Usury: Determining the Maximum Interest That Can Be Legally Charged
Adam Leitman Bailey, Dov Treiman, and Danny Ramrattan discuss the limited applicability of usury defenses. They write: "In ...
Argentina judge orders dictionary to delete pejorative definition of 'Jewish'
An Argentine judge has ordered the publishers of a major Spanish dictionary to remove a pejorative definition of the word ...
Burrata, Street Corn And More Food Terms Join Merriam-Webster Dictionary
In addition to street corn (noun, grilled corn on the cob that is coated with a creamy spread), additional nouns include ...