When I saw the Michael Shear story in The Times on July 4, recounting how President Biden had stumbled talking…
Word
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as…
What’s a five-letter word for an activity that media and technology companies are increasingly relying on to gain subscribers and…
By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Rumors have long circulated that Donald Trump used the N-word while taping “The Apprentice.” Last…
My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…
How a shorthand for delusion became popular among Gen Z-ers and young millennials.
Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax…
Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the…
Bad luck came in threes (and a seven) in this week’s toughest tests.
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