I always read those cute little lists in Harpers and it dawns on me that I might have one to contribute. Over the years in my AVA column I’ve remarked the replacement of one word for two in modern American usage. For...
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Language gets modified from the top down (academics and consultants) and the bottom up (the...
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Reductionism: The process of reducing objects or organisms to their smallest parts rather than...
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cartel (noun): A combination of separate firms to maintain prices above a competitive figure. It...
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