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A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
Thu Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2022
By Orin Hargraves

What's your go-to metaphor? Examination of corpora reveals that dreams have always been a basis of comparison but modern life gives us many more choices.  Continue reading...
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Brand Names of the Year for 2021
Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2021
By Nancy Friedman

From Meta to "Squid Game," here are the names and brands that captured our attention this year.  Continue reading...
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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

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Thu Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2021
By Mark Peters

Here are the latest eggs from language's basket of drivel, served fresh in your monthly euphemism omelet.  Continue reading...
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The Lingo of Film Noir
Fri Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 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.  Continue reading...
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Language Lounge

A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

I Think We're All Bayesians on This Bus
Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021
By Orin Hargraves

Why is predictive typing so much more accurate and useful than predictive speech?  Continue reading...
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Our Chocolate Redeemer
Thu Aug 05 09:00:00 EDT 2021
By Orin Hargraves

Many of the names for the most popular foods we associate with Mexico are not of Spanish origin; they come from Nahuatl and they are called by a descendant of their original name today in both Spanish and English.  Continue reading...
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