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Words of the Year

2014 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes

The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.


The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.

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2014 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes

 

The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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What Is 'Semantic Bleaching'?

 

How 'literally' can mean "figuratively"

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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The Serial Comma Explained

 

Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?

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Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.