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A Word, Please: You may be in a state of nonplus and not know it Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I in “Mary Queen of Scots.” ...
With the National Spelling Bee right around the corner, the folks at WordUnscrambler.pro combed through Google data to find 2025’s most misspelled words in the US and for each state.
At least two words with the challenging i-e combination made the list of most-misspelled words: "believe," which came in at No. 4, and "neighbor," at No. 7.
Lake Superior State University has announced its list of banished words. And if their advice is to be heeded, words like "era" and "game changer" should be stripped from your day-to-day vocabulary ...
Continuing the tradition, Lake Superior State University recently released its 2025 list of “Banished Words,” and, like others before it, this one is no disappointment.
Demure, for example, stemmed from a TikTok video with a specific voice attached. Without that meme element, it’s unlikely to have reached the status of word of the year.
Hack is one of the 10 words on Lake Superior State University's 2024 Banned Words List. "Using it everywhere, even beyond its tech roots, could make it lose its magic," LSSU faculty explained.
In his third State of the Union address on Thursday night, Biden spoke 7,923 words. That's a lot, but it did not surpass his 2023 record of 9,216 words spoken, which eclipsed President Bill ...
Wayne State University on Monday released its annual Word Warriors list. In its 15th year, the list "aims to resurrect long-lost — but not completely forgotten — words," according to a news ...