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Ten Words to Rescue from the Linguistic Closet
Wayne State University Warriors' Releases Top Ten Words
Last week, we wrote about "Words We Love to Hate." Now, thanks to Wayne State University's Word Warriors fourth annual list of ten words "especially worthy of retrieval from the linguistic closet," we get to look at words we love — and don't want to lose.
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From this past Thursday's New York Times: "In case you haven't noticed, some of the most amusing and captivating writing in the city is being produced in the service of cheese." Check out our Vocabulary List "Words for Cheese" drawn from this cheese writing, and an earlier Vocabulary.com blog post "Cheese Words" for a quick primer on cheese vocabulary (and cheese itself).
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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Jan. 23, 2013
Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Jan. 23, 2013
Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - Jan. 23, 2013.
Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.
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In the wake of all the gleeful bashing of "phablet" (an ungainly blend of "phone" and "tablet"), we're opening up the floor. What words get your goat? "Moist"? "Slacks"? How about "nostril"?
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Ever wonder how much vocabulary matters? Check out this piece in today's New York Times exploring the ways we use the language of guns, even when advocating for gun control.
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For the New Year: Five Simple Vocabulary Resolutions for Educators
The bad news: SAT reading scores have reached an all-time low, and recently released NAEP scores reveal that American students' vocabulary growth is "flat." The good news: It's no longer 2012. It's 2013, a new year, a time to buy gym memberships and to overhaul your vocabulary instruction. Just do it.
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It's that time again, the annual look back at the noteworthy words of the year. Were you worried about dangling over the fiscal cliff, or did you have more of a devil-may-care YOLO attitude? Were you more interested in mansplaining or hate-watching? Here's a roundup of words that's not just a bunch of malarkey.
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