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Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
July 21, 2022
By Nancy Friedman
From "shotgun seat" to "trigger warnings," our language is shot through with firearm metaphors.
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Understanding "Maven"
May 19, 2022
By Nancy Friedman
How a Yiddish word with Hebrew roots became a ubiquitous American brand name, backronym, and even a baby name.
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Evasive Maneuvers
Euphemisms old and new
Predictive Human Balderdash and Other Managed Malarkey
May 12, 2022
By Mark Peters
Please enjoy the list of latest and greatest euphemisms, full of managed malarkey you won't find anywhere else.
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Candlepower
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Street Smarts
April 21, 2022
By Nancy Friedman
Street names can situate us in geography, history, politics, and culture. But they may be replaced by new systems of wayfinding.
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Evasive Maneuvers
Euphemisms old and new
Tricky, Special, Fruitful, Space-Flavored Fiddle-Faddle
April 14, 2022
By Mark Peters
This month's euphemisms feature
tricky people
,
space-flavored
sodas and more lexical lunacy.
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The Vegan Versions
February 17, 2022
By Nancy Friedman
When is a steak not a steak? When is butter not a substance churned from an animal's mammary secretions? What do you call an egg that comes before — and beyond — a chicken?
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The Ever-More-Common "-Core"
January 20, 2022
By Nancy Friedman
Normcore, goblincore, cottagecore, gorpcore: one hard-working suffix turns any style preference into a named trend.
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Linguists,
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