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Antiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary on Historical Principles edited by Sir James Murray, line shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

Before Wikipedia, there was the OED

Erin Keane
Three chimpanzees (ROB ELLIOTT/AFP via Getty Images)

Chimps have rudimentary language

Matthew Rozsa
Clams in Malaysia (Ritzzuan Salim / EyeEm/Getty stock photos)

11 misheard phrases that make sense

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Ivanka Trump (Getty/Jim Watson)

Ivanka has a serious vocabulary problem

Jarrett Lyons
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(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

don't say his name

Michael Glassman
(AP/Shawn Thew)

Trump's "factoid" presidency

David Masciotra
(AP/Chris Carlson/Getty/allanswart/Salon)

Donald Trump's post-truth

Erin Keane
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One nation, "weaponized"

Erin Keane
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Hillary Clinton (AP/Matt Rourke)

How to take "bitch" down

Silpa Kovvali
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Embracing "adulting"

Rachel Kramer Bussel
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2549272p1.html'>SAYAN MOONGKLANG</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

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
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Donald Trump (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump really does stand for BS

Mark Peters

Asha Parker
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Let's call everyone "they"

Silpa Kovvali

The right-wing Denali outrage

Paula Young Lee
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New slang is old hat in OED

Paula Young Lee
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Why we hate "moist"

Erin Coulehan
(Fox News)

Angry right's secret playbook

Edwin Lyngar
(Wikimedia)

Secret philosophy of language

Daniel Cloud
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The Word Of The Year is "Vape"

Prachi Gupta
(Reuters/Larry Downing/Joshua Roberts)

"Proud to say I'm a liberal"

Omer Aziz
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Prachi Gupta
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