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What was up with today's Wordle answer? I know it's a word, and I know its plural form is pretty common, and none of the ...
According to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, "e.g." is taken from the Latin phrase exempli gratia, which translates to ...
Today's weather word is a perfect one if you're a person-of-few-words who likes riding around on a horse while wearing ...
Like any self-respecting four-letter word, "nice" has many connotations. Centuries ago, "nice" meant someone was ignorant; ...
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A case for Nigerian English
In this beautiful country, we like to see our friends NEXT TOMORROW and not just the day after tomorrow ( a jaded expression ...
The winning word, éclaircissement, was one Zaki told news outlets he "instantly" recognized. While its prefix may conjure ...
“Alamak” and “nasi lemak” have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for the first time. According to the dictionary, they are among a number of “untranslatable words” from ...
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'Bagyo' trips up Scripps Spelling Bee
Faizan Zaki won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling the word "éclaircissement," meaning "enlightening explanation of something, typically someone's conduct, that has ...
Faizan Zaki (speller no. 207) won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling “éclaircissement.” The 13-year-old, who hails from Allen, Texas, readily spelled the word to become the champion in ...
Even pronouncer Jacques Bailly tried to slow Faizan down before his winning word, "eclaircissement," but Faizan didn't ask a ...
Experts at a recently held virtual summit, organised by the American chapter of the Esan World Congress (EWC), have expressed ...