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   🌕 Full Moon emoji

   When the 🌕 hits your eye ... The Full Moon emoji 🌕 depicts the celestial object as a round, yellow orb with visible craters. The emoji is used to represent all things lunar, outer space, the…
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   Why “Privacy” Was Our 2013 Word Of The Year

   From PRISM and the Edward Snowden scandal to the arrival of Google Glass, 2013 was the year that the desire to be seen and heard was turned on its head. Consider the following: In January, the TSA scrapped airport body scanners that produce near-naked images of travelers; In June, Edward Snowden revealed the widespread global-spying program, Project PRISM; In October, Google announced new privacy policy …

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   🔍 Left Pointing Magnifying Glass emoji and 🔎 Right Pointing Magnifying Glass emoji

   The left or right-pointing magnifying glass is used to suggest things like inquiry, curiosity, searching online, detective work, or just taking a closer look at something. Related words: 🕵 detective emoji 👁 eye emoji 🔬 microscope emoji
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   Words That Totally Look Like English—But Aren’t

   Since English is a major lingua franca, languages around the world import English loanwords. Sometimes other languages give completely new meanings to words that look like English yet they aren’t ever used by English-speakers.

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   Inanimate Objects With Body Issues

   Ever caressed your watch’s face with love? Or pulled over to the shoulder of a tired road so you could massage it? Probably not. That would be weird.

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   existential threat

   An existential threat is a threat to something’s very existence—when the continued being of something is at stake or in danger. It is used to describe threats to actual living things as well to nonliving…
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   moon crickets

   Though it may sound fanciful and innocent, this term is absolutely not.  Moon crickets is a racial slur against black people. Warning: This article features information about a racial slur that is highly offensive and that…
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   How Kids Learn to Write, And How to Help Them Do It

   By Lindsay Barrett Children have lots of ideas. When they begin to communicate these ideas on paper, it’s a window into their thinking that’s both endearing and fascinating. Now, every child is unique, of course, but early writing usually progresses through recognizable stages: scribbling, pretend writing, and approximated spelling all lead up to the real thing. Here’s a rundown on what you’ll likely see between …

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   What Does It Mean To Be Electable?

   by Ashley Austrew Every election prompts arguments about which candidate is the most “electable.” The word electable seems self-explanatory. Technically, it means “capable of, or having a reasonable chance of being elected.” But, what are we really talking about when we say that someone is electable? The history of electable The first recorded use of electable was in the late 1800s, and the idea has been at …

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    A List Of Words That End In -Nym. How Many Do You Know?

    We love to look at words, and today the name of the game is words that end in -nym. The ending -nym or, most often, -onym is a combining form from Greek that means “name.” Apparently, we love naming names because there are a whole bunch of words that end in -nym. Some of these words are pretty common, but we managed to find quite …

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    Astronomy vs. Astrology: A Constellation Of Contrasts

    The terms astronomy and astrology are commonly confused, which isn’t surprising, considering they both involve studying the stars and both begin with the combining form astro- (referring to stars or celestial bodies). However, only one of these star-gazing terms refers to a recognized branch of science.  In this article, we will state the difference between astronomy and astrology, explain why only one is considered a …

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    Concurrent vs. Consecutive: Learn The Difference

    You’ve probably noticed that there’s a lot going on in the world right now, and you may have noticed people using words like concurrent and consecutive to describe these events. That’s fitting, because they’re used to describe things happening at the same time or one after another. It can be easy to forget exactly when each one should be used, so we’re here to help …