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Arts & Culture (page 6)
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/9
Words from the week of 11/9/2018
An Irresistible Piece On 'Dessert Stomach'
There's always room for another article.
A Most Incredible 'Self-Own'
Or: making a fool of yourself.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/2
Words from the week of 11/2/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Jelly' (The Adjective)
When you wish you were there.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/19
Words from the week of 10/19/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Final Girl'
At last we meet.
The Inside Poop On 'Spoopy'
Notes on a new Halloween classic
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/12
Words from the week of 10/12/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/5
Words from the week of 10/5/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Woah'
Is it time to accept 'woah'?
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/28
Words from the week of 9/28/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Debbie Downer'
Womp womp.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/21
Words from the week of 9/21/2018
Our ‘Kumbaya’ Moment
How a folk song became a term of derision.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/14
Words from the week of 9/14/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Copypasta'
You might've seen this one before
Words We're Watching: 'Patchwriting'
Paraphrasing in a cut-and-paste world
'Shadowban' Emerges from the Dark
If you can see this post, it’s not happening here.
Trainspotting
The practice of watching trains
Hygge
Cozy or comfortable
Noice
A slang word for "nice"
The Floor/Ground Is (Lava)
A game in which players avoid the floor
FML
F&% my life
8 Ball
An eighth of an ounce of cocaine
Mile High Club
A euphemism for sex in an airplane
Hypebeast
A person devoted to fashion
Gucci
Fancy, fashionable; great, excellent
Juggalo
A fan of the rap duo Insane Clown Posse
Words We're Watching: 'OTP'
One true pairing
LMGTFY
Let Me Google That For You
TFW
That feeling when
Finsta
Fake Instagram
IMAO
In my arrogant opinion
Machine Learning
A machine improving its own performance
Baby Fever
The longing to have a child
Social Justice Warrior
A mocking term for a progressive
Adultism
Prejudice against young people
TTYL
Talk to you later
Mic Drop
An emphatic ending
SMH
Shaking my head
Beast Mode
An aggressive persona in competition
Sapiophile?
One attracted to intelligence
666
The Mark of the Beast
Tabata
A type of high-intensity interval training
Bubble Butt
Rounded buttocks
Bracketology
Predicting the outcome of a tournament
Sugar Mama
A woman who financially supports a lover
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 9/7
Words from the week of 9/7/2018
We Put a Bunch of New Words in the Dictionary in September 2018
More than 840 new entries.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/31
Words from the week of 8/31/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/24/2018
Words from the week of 8/24/2018
A Deep Dive on 'Deep Dive'
No lifeguard on duty.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/17/2018
Words from the week of 8/17/2018
Words We're Watching: 'Low-key'
Not making a big deal out of it
A Few Rounds with 'Happy Hour'
Cheers!
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/10/2018
Words from the week of 8/10/2018
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/3/2018
Words from the week of 8/3/2018
New Adventures in 'Cli-Fi'
Taking the temperature of a literary genre.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/27/2018
Words from the week of 7/27/2018
Some Words from the World of Jazz
Common words with musical origins
Words We're Watching: 'Becky'
When a name becomes an epithet
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/20
Words from the week of 7/20/2018
'Kayfabe': It's Illusive and Elusive
A word on faking that only looks fake
Words We're Watching: 'Laze'
Not just lying around
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/13
Words from the week of 7/13/2018
The ‘Zaddy’ of All Words
It's meant as a compliment.
The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/6
Words from the week of 7/6/2018
8 Words from Around the House
The stories behind everyday things
What It Means to Go ‘Radio Silent’
Nothing but dead air
On the Disruption of 'Disrupt'
Business jargon strikes again
Words We're Watching: 'B side'
When the new sense drops
Words We're Watching: '-iversary'
Weekiversary, monthiversary, blogiversary?
What’s a ‘chef’s kiss’?
That’s a spicy piece of meme-snark.
How to 'Level Up'
Movin' On Up in the Game of Life
Words We're Watching: 'TL;DR'
We'll keep this brief.
'Folksonomy': Let’s Get Organized
Tag the way you want to tag.
9 Words from the Magical Realm
When language is magic
7 Obsolete Allusions That We Still Use
Do you still hang up the phone?
Words We're Watching: 'Crickets'
A word for the sound of silence
'Like Rats Fleeing a Sinking Ship': A History
The idiom goes back centuries
Words We're Watching: 'Bluebeard,' the Verb
No, it's not a coiffure trend
Where 'Cliff-hangers' Come From
You're on the edge of your seat
What the @% Is a ‘Grawlix'?
We can thank Beetle Bailey.
What is a 'thirst trap'?
A tall drink of water
Showing Off Your [Sic] Moves
The politics of editorial comment.
10 Snappy Words for Style
What's the 'funk' in 'funky'?
How to ‘Zhuzh’ Up Your Vocabulary
Roll up your sleeves.
You Wear Them On Your Head
Or you could, anyway.
A Lesson in Fine Art
11 words to know for the museum
Words We're Watching: 'Technoference'
When you can't look away
Fancy Pants: 8 Words for Clothes
Some like it haute
The Dictionary Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger
We added 850 new words and definitions
Words We're Watching: 'Nothingburger'
Where's the beef?
Words We're Watching: 'Explainer'
Some things require explanation
'Swole': An Old Word With New Meaning
When you're swole, you're ripped.
What's the 'Sitch'?
We've got ourselves a situation here.
What Is a 'Cord-Cutter'?
When you know it's time to let go.
Words We're Watching: 'Unbanked' and 'Underbanked'
Follow the money.
Words We're Watching: 'Metal,' the Adjective
It's a pretty metal development.
Standing Up for 'Stan'
When you're more than a little obsessed.
Words We're Watching: 'Bombogenesis'
Or "bomb cyclone," if you prefer.
Why Is It Called an 'Adam's Apple'?
It's not the reason you think.
Words We're Watching: 'Doggo'
They're good dogs, Webster.
On 'Kawaii' and the Power of Cute
Why Hello Kitty is everywhere.
Words We're Watching: 'Cape'
You know us, always caping for new words
'Padawan': The new "intern"?
This might be the word you're looking for
Words We're Watching: 'Ratioed'
When your take is both hot and bad.
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