Topic : Words

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Wordmasters

Language Arts Classroom Competition

WordMasters: Grade 8 Blue Division Jan-Feb '08
Fri Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2008

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Behind the Dictionary

Lexicographers Talk About Language

And the Word of the Year is...
Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2008

So what exactly makes a word the Word of the Year? The Visual Thesaurus traveled to the American Dialect Society's annual meeting in Chicago last week to find out. For the past eighteen years this scholarly group has been selecting words or phrases that have become newly prominent or notable in American English. Their goal is to demonstrate that change in language is normal, nonstop -- and even fun.  Continue reading...
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