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Where Should You Start With Richard Thompson?
Jesse Sheidlower
Feb 06, 2013
12:53 PM
We shouldn’t call Tiger’s many girlfriends “mistresses.’ They’re just hookups.
Jesse Sheidlower
Dec 10, 2009
7:05 AM
Why it’s so hard to put sex in the dictionary.
Jesse Sheidlower
Oct 01, 2009
11:27 AM
Britney Spears’ “If U Seek Amy” pun was cribbed from Joyce and Shakespeare.
Jesse Sheidlower
March 18, 2009
6:01 PM
Placing Sarah Palin’s accent.
Jesse Sheidlower
Oct 01, 2008
1:30 PM
A brief history of the verb to pimp.
Jesse Sheidlower
Feb 11, 2008
8:02 PM
How to get a word into the dictionary.
Jesse Sheidlower
May 12, 2006
1:26 PM
How many words are there in English?
Jesse Sheidlower
April 10, 2006
2:16 PM
The dirty word in 43 Down.
Jesse Sheidlower
April 06, 2006
12:25 PM
Why we say “balls to the wall.’
Jesse Sheidlower
Feb 10, 2006
6:12 PM
The trouble with literally.
Jesse Sheidlower
Nov 01, 2005
6:56 AM
How New Orleans got its accent.
Jesse Sheidlower
Sept 08, 2005
6:48 PM
Linguists gone wild.
Jesse Sheidlower
Jan 11, 2005
2:05 PM
The real history of “hip.’
Jesse Sheidlower
Dec 08, 2004
2:55 PM