The English language is notoriously difficult to learn for those who don’t grow up speaking it at home. Those of us for whom ...

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Each year, new words find their way into the general American English lexicon. Even if we try to avoid them, these new slang ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Maggie Rowe and Emily Garcés, the hosts of the podcast "50 Words for Snow," about words English ...

Lake Superior State University reveals its annual list of banished words and phrases, citing misuse, overuse and uselessness.

LSSU has been compiling a lighthearted list of banished words every year since 1976, when the school's former public ...

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