From baseball to beisuboru: Foreign languages steal from English too
When adopted by different cultures, English words can take on totally different sounds and meanings
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 3:01 PM UTCLife The Week, Language
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Inside the topsy-turvy world of contronyms
Fourteen words that, depending on their context, can mean the opposite of what you think they mean
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 22Life The Week, words, Language
J: The sexiest letter
Although less than 1 percent of English words start with J, the consonant has some steamy connotations
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 6:59 PM UTCLife The Week, words, humor, alphabet
Google tells Sweden that “ungoogleable” is not a word
Sweden defines the term as anything that cannot be found on a search engine
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:20 PM UTCTechnology Google, Sweden, ungoogleable, words
American Dialect Society names “hashtag” word of the year
Linguists note that the Twitter symbol has created social trends in politics, pop culture and beyond
Monday, Jan 7, 2013 7:50 PM UTCEntertainment Hashtag, Twitter, Social Media
Oxford American Dictionary names “GIF” word of the year
"GIF" as a verb "has evolved ... into a tool with serious applications"
Monday, Nov 12, 2012 11:38 PM UTC 24News words, lexicon
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