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Quantum And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com
Trending words & why they trended from December 28th–January 3rd, 2018. Including words like gangsta, perturbed, plough, and perigee.
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Word Of The Day Quiz For Your Post-Holiday Blues
It’s no longer yule. Bask in the afterglow and take this Word of the Day Quiz to brighten your blues! Tell us your favorite word from this week below (and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter)! If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Improve your vocabulary with our Visual Word of the Day videos. See this week’s here.
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These Are The Words That Defined 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, we reflect on the words that impacted all of us, for better or for worse. American leadership made bold communication choices in 2017: Fury replaced diplomacy. Accusations of collusion distracted from the truth. Covfefe gave us some much needed comic relief in an era of Presidency by Tweet. (No, we’re not adding it to the dictionary…at least not yet.) …
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These Words Call Total Bullsh!t
Lookout for these phrases -- they may be red flags that mean more than what it looks like on the surface.