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A Watch of Nightingales: The Origin Story of Collective Terms for Animals

The Surprising Origins of Some Very Famous Pen Names

This Is What the Meaning of “Is Is” Is

Three Common Names That Were Just Made Up By Authors

A Few Thoughts on the Salad Salad Situation

OK, ok, O.K., okay, Ok! Which is it?

My Favorite Cryptic Puzzle in a Long Time

Wordle Starter Words for Dangerous Troublemakers

The Bewitching Magic of the "Ass" Intensifier

What to Do When You’ve “Got the Morbs”

These Common Words Are the Result of a Hilarious Misunderstanding

These Lovely "Fossil Words" Are Hiding in Plain Sight

Taking Stock of The Oxford Comma Wars

The Surprising Animals Who Say Their Own Names

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