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Orin Hargraves
Orin Hargraves is an independent lexicographer and contributor to numerous dictionaries published in the US, the UK, and Europe. He is also the author of Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions (Oxford), the definitive guide to British and American differences, and Slang Rules! (Merriam-Webster), a practical guide for English learners. In addition to writing the Language Lounge column, Orin also writes for the Macmillan Dictionary Blog. Click here to visit his website.
After months in a teeming sea of words, the Loungeurs have crawled to shore to issue a report. It turns out that computers have as much to teach us about language as we have to teach them!
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State-of-the-art technology now allows the Loungeurs to detect usage infractions in real-time; this month we share recent findings with our visitors, along with tips that will help you slip your weasel word into the mainstream.
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This month we open the kimono for lounge visitors and reveal why Samuel Johnson, all those many years ago, characterized lexicographers as harmless drudges.
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We have bedizened the Lounge in old-fashioned language this month and invite visitors to behold.
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We're foraging in the Lounge this month and don't even need to visit the Language Larder to do so; all the food is at our fingertips.
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This month the Loungeurs enter the hurly-burly of one of language's more perplexing questions: why it always feels nice to say it twice.
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This month in the Lounge we take three trips without leaving the farm, thereby making our small contribution to reducing modern travel's huge carbon footprint.
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