'Surge' makes annual banned-words list
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Resist the urge to say you will "wordsmith" your list of New Year's resolutions rather than write one. And don't utter, "It is what it is" when you fail to meet your first goal.
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BLOG, a contraction of the term âweb log,â is the latest geekspeak to enter Merriam-Websterâs Top-10 list of words for 2004.
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The New York Times' ombudsman says the newspaper violated its standards when it gave the liberal activist group MoveOn.org a $77,508 price break on a full-page advertisement targeting Gen. David H. Petraeus.
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London (IANS) Britain s powerful Trade Union Congress (TUC) has published safety leaflets in several languages, including Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil and Bengali, to warn immigrant workers of hazards at ...
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Bird flu, blogosphere, Islamaphobe and MP3 player have made it into the latest Chambers Dictionary, the august work of record used by crossword fans and Scrabble players the world over.
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"Viagra" is out. "Vioxx" is in. That's according to America Online Inc.'s second annual list of top spam terms.
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DETROIT - From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it's been a tough year all around for the guardians of English - language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say "You're fired!" to offensive words and phrases.
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Merriam-Webster catches up to gamer lingo, sort of, as 'w00t' snags top honors as the dictionary's Word of the Year for 2007. What word would you vote for?
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When organized opponents of the immigration bill being debated in the U.S. Senate want to rally the troops, get the e-mails churning and the congressional switchboards lighting up, they almost invariably invoke the "A-word."
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The new Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, which will go on sale this fall, will include new words. One of these is ginormous, a combination of the words "gigantic" and "enormous." It was picked as favorite word not in the dictionary by vi...
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The folks at Merriam-Webster (publishers of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary) have released their Top Ten list for 2004. Topping the list is the word &quot;blog,&quot; which most of us know all about from firsthand experience.
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Republican lawmakers, liberal Christians and evangelical talk shows all criticized the government for creating a list of acceptable religious books.
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New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.
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It was a ginormous year for the wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster. Along with embracing the adjective that combines "gigantic" and "enormous," the dictionary publishers also got into Bollywood, sudoku and speed dating.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python, free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain's interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it's been a tough year all around for the guardians of English &#151; language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say "You're fired!" to offensive words and phrases.
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