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Topic: Language (page 5)

John McWhorter (Macmillon)

Words act like wild animals

Scott Timberg
(AP/Chris Carlson/Getty/allanswart/Salon)

Donald Trump's post-truth

Erin Keane
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One nation, "weaponized"

Erin Keane
(AP)

Simon Horobin - The Conversation
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Hillary Clinton (AP/Matt Rourke)

How to take "bitch" down

Silpa Kovvali
Benjamin Bergen (Keegan Uhl)

The science of the f-bomb

Scott Timberg
(Getty/SolisImages)

Embracing "adulting"

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Ann Coulter (AP/Andy Kropa/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Masson'>Masson</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Ann Coulter needs a dictionary

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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The "struggle" is not real

Brook Bolen
Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford in "Parks and Recreation" (NBC/Colleen Hayes)

Love for hustlers, not whores

Teresa Bigelow
Donald Trump (Reuters/Mike Carlson)

Trump, the human dog-whistle

Willie Davis
Michael Dorn and Brian Bonsall in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (CBS)

Does Klingon belong to us all?

Scott Timberg
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Why "misgendering" matters

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)

What "New York values" means

Scott Timberg

2015 in language

Scott Timberg
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We're so over these phrases

Erin Coulehan
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My feminine, compulsive sorry

Kristen Arnett
(NBC)

Let's embrace the "C-Word"

Silpa Kovvali
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Let's call everyone "they"

Silpa Kovvali
(AP/Fox Lake Police Department)

Paranoid right's fake martyr

Paula Young Lee
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Janet Allon - Alternet

The right-wing Denali outrage

Paula Young Lee
(Reuters/Carlos Allegri/Salon)

The secret history of "Y'all"

Cameron Hunt McNabb

David Morris - Alternet
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