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Webster’s New World College Dictionary announces its word-of-the-year candidates

Nov-21-08-7:38AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

The “Meh” Wars

Nov-21-08-6:12AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Words for a heavy rain: cats and dogs and what else?

Nov-21-08-5:12AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

What is “crunchy”?

Nov-20-08-9:26PM

by flashart 

3

War of the words: In defence of deep orthography

Nov-20-08-6:19PM

by Grant Barrett 

1

The Wild Wordsmith of Wasilla

Nov-20-08-9:42AM

by samaphore 

3

The sad, sad state of college English

Nov-19-08-8:39AM

by samaphore 

4

We are not bemused

Nov-16-08-5:36PM

by Etymology Fan 

2

Celebu-word-palooza!

Nov-16-08-11:19AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Montreal english grows even more distinct

Nov-15-08-6:50AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

Nov-12-08-9:50PM

by ShugarShocked 

7

Stephen Fry: Don’t Mind Your Language, Enjoy It

Nov-12-08-8:02AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Best dictionary for historical novelist?

Nov-11-08-6:20PM

by Etymology Fan 

6

Oxford University Press US word of the year: “hypermiling”

Nov-10-08-7:14AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Canadese: Spellchecked into oblivion

Nov-09-08-5:24AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

#@!* What makes language ‘foul’?

Nov-09-08-5:24AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

‘M’ is for missiles; ‘N’ is for knives: “home in” vs. “hone in”

Nov-09-08-5:23AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

The week’s best invented words collected in the Toronto Star

Nov-09-08-5:22AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

Some British town councils avoid use of Latin in official docs

Nov-03-08-10:46AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

The Supreme Court considers the F-word

Nov-02-08-7:28AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

The political language of 2008

Nov-01-08-9:50AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

What is the correlation between transmission of genes and language?

Nov-01-08-9:49AM

by Grant Barrett 

1

You May Soon Know if You’re Hogging the Discussion

Oct-31-08-1:36PM

by Hoosier Handheld 

2

Sign language: amusing signage

Oct-28-08-4:10PM

by EmmettRedd 

2

Rwanda drops French and takes up English as an official language

Oct-17-08-5:38PM

by Unfrench Frenchman 

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