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Arts & Culture (page 9)
Mansplaining
Words We're Watching
The Joy of Tom Swifties
Funny and Exuberant Puns That Turn Adverbs into Punchlines
That Shrinking Feeling
Shrinkflation
'Valar Morghulis' and the Histories of Game of Thrones Words
From Septon to Smallclothes
Showrunners Go Mainstream
More than producer, more than writer
Food Words Worth Savoring
Piquant, ambrosial, and more
What's a chyron?
It's that thing at the bottom of your TV screen
A New Meaning of 'Optics'
Of the political, not the optometric variety
The Rise of "Fat Bikes" – Big Wheels for the Snow
Fat Bike
As Marijuana Goes Mainstream, So Does Its Slang
Budtender
Downton Abbey Terms Americans May Not Be Familiar With
Just how important is an Earl?
What's a 'Lady' in the British Aristocracy?
A guide to one of the most-used titles on Downton Abbey
Word of the Year Retrospective
Editors Choose Their Favorite Words from the Past Decade
2014 Word of the Year: Culture
Here's What this Year's Top Lookups Say About Us
Talking Turkey at Thanksgiving
The best way to avoid uncomfortable conversation at Thanksgiving? Talk about the food.
Seen & Heard: Good Quotes From Great Books
Favorite "Seen & Heard" Comments from Readers
Favorite Pictures in the Dictionary
Exotic & Intriguing Things, Well Illustrated
Pictures in the Dictionary
The story of those iconic illustrations.
In the Details: Architecture Terms Worth Looking At
Keystone, mansard, newel, and more
Top 10 Words from the Bible
'Forbidden Fruit', 'Armageddon', 'Good Samaritan' & More
Where Did 'Hip Hop' Get Its Name?
Top 10 Words of the '80s
Language Inspired by Filmmakers
'Hitchcockian,' 'Felliniesque,' and other styles inspired by film legends
What Crisis Did 'Celebutante' Emerge From?
Top 10 Mashup Words
Top 10 Words of the '00s
When 'google' became a verb
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