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Articles from March, 2016
If you break a contract, it's a breach. If you're talking about pantaloons or feet-first babies, use breech with a double "e."
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A paradox is a logical puzzle that seems to contradict itself. No it isn't. Actually, it is. An oxymoron is a figure of speech — words that seem to cancel each other out, like "working vacation" or "instant classic."
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Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and new
Remixing Lexical Rubbish
"Remix" is a doozy of a euphemism for "layoff."
Have we already seen the Euphemism of the Year? It's possible, euphemism enthusiasts: brace yourselves for a major-league, double-tongued, weapons-grade whopper of a doozy.
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Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word Lovers
An Example For Us All
A recent brouhaha over example sentences raises concerns over dictionary biases.
Even if you don't have an online news alert set up for the word dictionary, you may have caught wind of the recent tempest involving the exemplification of the adjective rabid with the phrase "rabid feminist" in some Oxford dictionaries, especially a dictionary that is used on smartphones.
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