TWTS: Sweep
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by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
2d ago
We can sweep the floor, sweep the board, sweep the stakes, sweep the series – and maybe it will even be called a "clean sweep ..read more
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TWTS: May as well get comfortable with "comfortability"
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by Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan
1w ago
While you may not find “comfortability” in many standard dictionaries yet, it is out there in circulation with “comfortableness ..read more
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TWTS: If you find “the lurch,” don’t stick around
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by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
2w ago
Sometimes we’re left in the lurch. It’s probably fair to say that most of us don’t know where that lurch is ..read more
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TWTS: Where did that pit in your stomach come from?
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by Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan
3w ago
It appears that some of those bad or uneasy feelings we may feel in the pit of our stomach have become a pit in our stomach ..read more
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TWTS: The American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year
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by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
1M ago
It's that time again. With 2024 behind us, we can vote on the word of the year ..read more
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TWTS: When language gets spicy
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by Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan
1M ago
We can pepper our food or pepper our speech. If the mood strikes us, we can be peppy in a pep rally sort of way ..read more
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TWTS: There are reasons to use "there are" before a plural, and there's reasons to use "there's"
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by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
1M ago
There's examples all over the the place of people using "there's" before a plural noun. In fact, we just gave you one ..read more
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TWTS: The "doink" heard 'round the stadium
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by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
1M ago
As 2024 comes to a close, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs football team gave us a reason to use the verb "doink ..read more
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TWTS: Reach out and ping someone
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by Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan
2M ago
We can still reach out the car window to grab a parking ticket, but today, "reaching out" can also mean "pinging" someone to make a connection ..read more
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TWTS: A quintessential enough guide to "quintessential"
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by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
2M ago
The words "decimate" and "unique" are quintessential examples of how a word’s meaning can shift from its etymological roots ..read more
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