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Does Your Kid Need An Academic Coach? Find Out!
With so many kids learning remotely, parents may be witnessing their child’s classroom struggles for the first time. But is an academic coach in order? A lot of parents have been getting a first-hand look at the way their child learns thanks to the rise in remote schooling since 2020. If you are not a trained academic or educator, it can be hard to tell …
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“Denotation” vs. “Connotation”: What’s The Difference?
If you’re in the business of defining and explaining words (which we are), it’s important to know the difference between denotation and connotation. These two terms are easy to confuse because they refer to related concepts. And every word can have both denotation and connotation. So what do they mean? In this article, we’ll explain the difference, give you tips for how to remember it, …
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Prepare To Finish The School Year Strong With These Tips
By Ashley Austrew, Journalist and Writer The end of the school year is coming up faster than you might think. Before you know it, final exams will be in full swing and many students will find themselves cramming late into the night to be ready for their big tests. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. If you’re reading this right now, there is …
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What Does The Word “Halloween” Mean?
Fittingly, everything about Halloween is a bit bizarre. Kids put on costumes and demand candy from strangers. People decorate their houses with spiderwebs and gravestones. Even the word itself sounds weird. Where does Halloween come from? And how did the celebration of all things spooky come to have a history that’s intertwined with an ancient Celtic festival and a Christian holiday in honor of saints? …
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Disparaging, Offensive, Informal, Obsolete: A Guide To Dictionary Labels
When you look up words on Dictionary.com, you’ll encounter all kinds of labels on terms and their definitions. Taken in combination with the definitions, these labels are intended to help you understand how words are used. Some labels, like noun and verb, are straightforward, but the meanings of others, such as Disparaging, Archaic, and Literary, may be much less obvious. To help clarify and demystify …
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Fuckface von Clownstick
Fuckface von Clownstick is a derogatory epithet for Donald Trump used by people who are, shall we say, less than fans of the man and president. -
digital blackface
Digital blackface refers to white people using GIFs, memes, emoji, and other images of black people to express various emotional reactions online. -
face swap
Face swap refers to an activity in which a person’s face is swapped with the face of another person or animal or with an inanimate object, most often using an app or app filter developed… -
What Were The Most Searched Words In The Beginning Of 2019?
We’re only a quarter of the way through 2019, but already we’ve seen some significant trends in searches on Dictionary.com. Politics, as ever, has propelled many of the lookups, but that’s not the only driver. Sneak peek: Top terms range from pad thai to deep space. Here are the words setting the search trends through March 2019: 1. Exonerate Our top lookup in early 2019 …
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Gender-Neutral Alternatives For “Sir,” “Madam,” And “Ma’am”
It’s a dilemma: you want to be polite when addressing a person or getting their attention, but you don’t know their gender. That means sir, madam, ma’am, miss, and other gendered terms of address and honorifics are out. So what should you do? The traditional ways of addressing people in English—especially at a distance, when a person might not know you’re talking to them—can present …
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Learning Shades of Meaning: Fun Ways To Teach Kids How Synonyms Work
by Kimberly Murphy When you were in school, you were likely taught that synonyms are words with the same meaning. That definition, though, isn’t entirely accurate. Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings, but there are important, nuanced differences in how they are used. Educators refer to these differences as shades of meaning. Let’s break down this concept some more—with some printable, hands-on …