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The U.N.'s Original Refugees

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Oxford Dictionaries Adds 'Fat-Shame,' 'Butthurt' and 'Redditor'

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Why Dropping 'Anchor Baby' Is a Problem for Politicians

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The Origins and Legacy of the Idea of the 'Third World'

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Y’all: It’s Older Than We Knew

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Quiz: Can You Unpack These Portmanteaus?

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This Is What 'Jiggery-Pokery' Means

The word used by Justice Antonin Scalia in Thursday's Supreme Court ruling comes to us from the Scots

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Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Fo' Shizzle,' 'Masshole' and 'Hot Mess'

Some of the terms in Oxford's latest update are much older than you might think

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This Is What 'Eggcorns' Are (and Why They're Jar-Droppingly Good)

This week Merriam-Webster made the fullproof linguistic term official

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See If You Can Guess the Meaning of These National Spelling Bee Words

See if you can define the words that teenagers were able to spell

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Why South Asian Americans Rule the Spelling Bee

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National Spelling Bee Ends With Co-Champions Again

The winning words in the nail-biter final were 'scherenschnitte' and 'nunatak'

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The U.K. Children's Word of the Year Isn't Really a Word

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