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Dictionaries recently added more than 1,500 words. Here are some new entries. ~humanities.languages Article 734 words 7 votes
Time Traveller by Merriam-Webster—Find out when a word was first used in print ~humanities.languages Link 9 votes
Since the 1960s, dictionaries have cataloged how people actually use language, not how they should. That might be changing. ~humanities.languages Article 2193 words 9 votes