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See if you can determine when these words first appeared in print, per the Oxford English Dictionary, in the quiz below. If dating words seems like a daunting task, it was.
I was grateful to John Lane, of East Falmouth, for coining tele-font-ics and, in particular, for explaining what led him to ...
As any true word nerd will tell you, it can be difficult to pin down when certain words and phrases first entered the pubic ...
The Oxford English Dictionary has included the word "lah into its lexicon, a significant nod to the uniqueness of Malaysian English. According to the OED, this colloquial particle is used as an ...
Researchers from tracking nearly 500 U.K. adults found that low-quality friendships predicted higher risks of heart attack and premature death over eight years. Prolonged exposure to negative social ...
BALTIMORE ( WJZ) -- A group of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University put their invention skills to work and ...
What is a word processor? A word processor is a device or software program capable of creating, storing, and printing text documents. It allows users to write and modify text, display it on a screen, ...
Kohli has quit Tests; others are leaving the format early for flashier T20s. And so, South Africa’s challenge to Australia at WTC final is special. There’s no cricket without grinding grit. Test ...
Semicolon use is down, and its slide is making headlines. In the U.S., these punctuation marks are appearing in published ...
Freedom to Worship Pentecostal Church, 2013 Old Knoxville Pike, Maryville: Services on Sunday include Bible Study at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday service starts ...
So, the equation seems to equal: Be smart, have an open heart, and God will show himself to you. Or strive to understand, keep that heart open, and you may get to God as well. Just do the math.