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22 Nov 07

The B-Word? You Betcha.

Bitch is a word we use culturally to describe any woman who is strong, angry, uncompromising and, often, uninterested in pleasing men.We use the term for a woman on the street who doesn't respond to men's catcalls or smile when they say, "Cheer up, baby..

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08 Jul 07

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | What women talk about

Forty-six words women might say, men probably wouldn't:

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28 Apr 07

LANGUAGE: Download of the Day: ProVoc (Mac)

Freeware application ProVoc is a vocabulary trainer designed to help you learn a new language with your Mac.

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14 Jan 07

In which Pluto becomes a verb

The American Dialect Society has voted “plutoed” the word of the year.

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06 Jan 07

The New Yorker: PRINTABLES - "Here's Why"

A sociologist offers an anatomy of explanations. -malcolm gladwell

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31 Dec 06

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Parrot's oratory stuns scientists

The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short.

The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.

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24 Dec 06

Webster's Daily

Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster'sAmerican Dictionary of the English Language (1828).A new definition every day.

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