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Can John Leguizamo Put a Pretty Face on Fugly?
Ben Zimmer
Nov 07, 2014
1:58 PM
Pangrammatic Tweets!
Ben Zimmer
June 06, 2014
11:46 AM
Don’t Print Stupid S%#t: Should Newspapers Censor The “Obama Doctrine”?
Ben Zimmer
June 04, 2014
12:45 PM
How the Letter “K” Landed a Turkish Columnist in Jail
Ben Zimmer
May 02, 2014
3:41 PM
Sorry, That’s Not an Emoticon in a 1648 Poem :(
Ben Zimmer
April 15, 2014
4:07 PM
How Sid Caesar Learned Double-Talk
Ben Zimmer
Feb 14, 2014
9:47 AM
An Olympic Snowboarder Said “Huck It,’ and the BBC Freaked Out
Ben Zimmer
Feb 09, 2014
2:17 PM
A Reporter Said “Screw the Pooch” on Face the Nation. Where Does That Phrase Come From?
Ben Zimmer
Jan 14, 2014
1:33 PM
Nancy Pelosi Told House Democrats to “Embrace the Suck.’ Where Did That Phrase Come From?
Ben Zimmer
Dec 13, 2013
10:51 AM
No, a Drunken Australian Man Did Not Coin the Word Selfie
Ben Zimmer
Nov 22, 2013
1:39 PM
Batman bin Suparman Arrested on Drug Charges. Here’s How He Got His Name.
Ben Zimmer
Nov 11, 2013
4:01 PM
How Did @#$%&! Come to Represent Profanity?
Ben Zimmer
Oct 09, 2013
4:38 PM
Did Stalin Really Coin “American Exceptionalism”?
Ben Zimmer
Sept 27, 2013
12:12 PM
WTF Is Older and More Flexible Than You Think
Ben Zimmer
Sept 18, 2013
3:11 PM
A History of Meh, from Leo Rosten to Auden to The Simpsons
Ben Zimmer
Sept 06, 2013
1:45 PM
Of Course Twerk Should Be in the Dictionary
Ben Zimmer
Sept 04, 2013
11:32 AM
Was Cronkite really the first “anchorman”?
Ben Zimmer
July 18, 2009
9:46 AM
Why We Have “Czars” in American Government
Ben Zimmer
Dec 10, 2008
11:50 AM
Where does the expression “lipstick on a pig” come from?
Ben Zimmer
Sept 10, 2008
5:37 PM
How we got a word for “putting things off.’
Ben Zimmer
May 14, 2008
7:01 AM