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big words Oct. 26, 2015

Joanna Newsom Vocabulary List: A Guide to All Her $10 WordsUlulate? Dolorous? Hydrocephalitic?

By Nate Jones
big words June 25, 2015

Wait, Cisgender Wasn’t in the Oxford English Dictionary Already?It’s a surprise to see it among gimmicky additions like sext and half-ass.

By Erica Schwiegershausen
business June 22, 2012

Judge Calls Goldman Sachs ‘Orwellian’ in CDO Suit OpinionBut is Lloyd Napoleon or Snowball?

By Kevin Roose

books Apr. 15, 2010

Read a List of Every Word David Foster Wallace Circled in His DictionaryWith hyperlinked definitions.

By Edith Zimmerman