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Candlepower
Ad and marketing creatives
The Lingo of Film Noir
November 19, 2021
By Nancy Friedman
Gunsels, gumshoes, and hard-boiled dames: Your guide to the slangy talk in Hollywood films of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Evasive Maneuvers
Euphemisms old and new
Now-Ists, Creators, and Other Lexical Emergencies
November 11, 2021
By Mark Peters
Feast your eyes on the latest roundup of our favorite dribbles of dreck.
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Language Lounge
A Monthly Column for Word Lovers
Age-Related Texting Disorder
November 4, 2021
By Orin Hargraves
Just as there can be a disconnect between intention and interpretation in other more traditional communication channels, the same thing can happen in texting, and the disconnect may well occur for some of the same reasons.
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