Australian National Dictionary Reports Australia Invented an … Interesting … Curse Word

Lauren Gawne

Sept 23, 2016 4:30 PM

Washingtonian, Lincolnian, Trumpian: Is Trumpian Destined to Become the Greatest Adjective in the Land?

John Kelly

Sept 22, 2016 10:00 AM

Idina., Janet., and the in-Your-Face Glamor of the End-Stopped Title

Katy Waldman

Sept 20, 2016 9:30 AM

A Biographer Got the Ultimate Revenge Against His Literary Foe

Stan Carey

Sept 16, 2016 11:16 AM

Forget the “Deplorables.” It’s the “Basket” That Makes Hillary’s Metaphor So Provocative.

John Kelly

Sept 13, 2016 10:39 AM

Where Did Hillary Get a Phrase Like “Basket of Deplorables”?

Ben Zimmer

Sept 12, 2016 11:36 AM

It Happened to Me: I Was Owned by a Dictionary

Gabriel Roth

Sept 08, 2016 5:31 PM

Once Upon a Time, a Sausage Party Was Just a Party With Sausages

John Kelly

Sept 08, 2016 10:08 AM

We Have Questions to Raise About the Insidiously Banal Phrase Raises Questions

John Kelly

Sept 07, 2016 1:48 PM

Is the Term Alt-Right a Euphemism?

Osita Nwanevu

Aug 31, 2016 12:21 PM

Everything Is Weaponized Now. This Is a Good Sign for Peace.

John Kelly

Aug 30, 2016 9:30 AM

Why Is Colored Person Hurtful and Person of Color OK? A Theory of Racial Euphemisms.

John H. McWhorter

Aug 24, 2016 9:30 AM

How ’80s Is the Slang in Stranger Things?

John Kelly

Aug 23, 2016 9:30 AM

It’s Hot Out. But Is It “Hot as Balls”?

Iva Cheung

Aug 19, 2016 9:30 AM

Gymnastics Events Involving Bars Are Confusingly Named

Katy Waldman

Aug 18, 2016 12:37 PM

The Mysterious History of the Ellipsis, From Medieval Subpuncting to Irrational Numbers

Cameron Hunt McNabb

Aug 17, 2016 9:30 AM

From Jefferson to Donald Trump, a Brief History of Presidential “Temperament”

John Kelly

Aug 15, 2016 1:08 PM

What the Ancient Epinikion, or Victory Song, Teaches Us About Olympic Athletes

John Kelly

Aug 11, 2016 2:05 PM

Donald Trump Swears … a Lot. What’s His Potty Mouth Really Saying?

Michael Adams

Aug 09, 2016 11:52 AM

1/ Everyone Is Composing Long, Numbered, Slash-y Threads on Twitter. 2/2 Here’s Why.

John Kelly

Aug 04, 2016 9:30 AM