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## language


* ![People pushing speech conversation bubble](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt419fa7d256a585b5/698b249447ca38d3843c512c/GettyImages-1543125284.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 9, 2024  
## [Merriam-Webster Says ‘Polarization’ Plus These Words Defined 2024](https://time.com/7200740/polarization-merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-most-lookups-2024/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![Looking In The Wrong Direction](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8eb0451d47a9fbb3/698a214c457a521859d65fa6/dear-john-letters-wwii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 14, 2022  
## [How World War II's ‘Dear John’ Letters Changed American Society](https://time.com/6137746/dear-john-letters-world-war-ii/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Susan L. Carruthers
* ![Woman And Phone Book](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ef98171592b2b0d/698a138fb3fce3b1580c74fe/phone-book.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 28, 2020  
## [From Encyclopedias to Telephone Books, How Alphabetization Took Over the Modern World](https://time.com/5904883/alphabetical-order-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Judith Flanders
* ![Robert Shaw In A Scene From 'Jaws'](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b2c7dd6c686d9d9/698a09bb4ee262a6b531707c/blockbuster-origins-word.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 7, 2020  
## [Why Hit Movies Are Called Blockbusters](https://time.com/5776406/blockbuster-meaning/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Olivia B. Waxman
* ![Questioning young women pose on the beach, ca. 1925](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c3a4074dae35468/698a09dd09208ffb8a416472/question.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 6, 2020  
## [The Past and Future of Punctuation Marks](https://time.com/5779281/punctuation-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by History Today  
* ![Christopher Wright;Robert Winter;Guy Fawkes;Robert Catesby;James I \[RF: Misc.\];Bates;John Wright;Thomas Winter;Thomas Percy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a4f91a978456157/698a038e096a9410f76a70c6/guys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 30, 2019  
## [The Surprising Origins of the Phrase 'You Guys'](https://time.com/5688255/you-guys/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Allan Metcalf
* ![Aerial view of Campo Ghetto Nuovo](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b7ad6c4d7b902cf/698a036097cdff249b6b995f/venice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 24, 2019  
## [How America's Ugly History of Segregation Changed the Meaning of the Word 'Ghetto'](https://time.com/5684505/ghetto-word-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Daniel B. Schwartz
* ![Entrance to Auschwitz](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30fd4a1bbfd8f4fc/698a034b8fd2eece63360247/buchenwald.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 23, 2019  
## [The Long Debate Over What Counts as a Concentration Camp](https://time.com/5681831/concentration-camp-definition/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by History Today
* ![Rally Held In Support Of Transgender Community](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca579dcc4d92991e/698a0302011682032297e38b/gender-neutral-nonbinary-dictionary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 17, 2019  
## [Merriam-Webster Adds Gender-Neutral Pronouns to Dictionary](https://time.com/5679132/merriam-webster-gender-neutral-dictionary/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Suyin Haynes
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Sep 12, 2019  
## [What to Know About the Origins of 'Left' and 'Right' in Politics, From the French Revolution to the 2020 Presidential Race](https://time.com/5673239/left-right-politics-origins/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Madeleine Carlisle  
* ![New York Holds Annual Gay Pride March](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a3628306e338033/69894b0a09208f2b30413f5a/gettyimages-88729203.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 24, 2019  
## [Was Stonewall a Riot, an Uprising or a Rebellion? Here's How the Description Has Changed—And Why It Matters](https://time.com/5604865/stonewall-riot-uprising-rebellion/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Noah Webster - Schoolmaster of the Republic](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea91f6a452aaa744/69894aff7cdbacee56d5fa1b/webster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2019  
## [Americans and Brits Have Been Fighting Over the English Language for Centuries. Here’s How It Started](https://time.com/5604227/american-british-english-literature/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Peter Martin
* ![Pregnant woman](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde031114a7c44cf5/698949cab21a9c824d50097f/pregnant-woman-pregnancy-language.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 11, 2019  
## [It's Time to Rethink the Demeaning Ways We Describe Pregnancy](https://time.com/5587321/knocked-up-pregnant-synonyms/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Gavin Newsom Is Sworn In As Governor Of California](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5b46ad08d11ddf0/6989431b929fad463fbf27cb/gettyimages-1078853086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2019  
## [Wives of Political Leaders Have Long Been Called 'First Ladies.' California's Jennifer Siebel Newsom Has Other Plans](https://time.com/5499825/newsom-first-partner-first-lady/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Stack of dictionaries on a desk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d5d2dd76cf10d98/69893fdf8fd2ee31d835d366/dictionary-word-of-the-year.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 27, 2018  
## [Dictionary Reveals Biggest Search Trends of 2018](https://time.com/5480489/dictionary-most-looked-up-words-2018/)  
by Katy Steinmetz

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