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Words of the Year: 1066

Or, Why Pig Meat is Called 'Pork' and Cow Meat is Called 'Beef'

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Nationalists, of the 'White' and 'Supremacist' variety

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Used as an interjection

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Language Is Magic

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Words At Play

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Can 'bemuse' mean 'amuse'?

The word actually comes from the Muses

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'Timber' vs 'Timbre'
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'Chord' vs. 'Cord'
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Words of the Year: 1066

Or, Why Pig Meat is Called 'Pork' and Cow Meat is Called 'Beef'

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How Often Is 'Biweekly'?

Don't get us started on 'bimonthly'

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Irregardless

It is in fact a real word (but that doesn't mean you should use it).

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Weird Plurals

One goose, two geese. One moose, two... moose. What's up with that?

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