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The -Gates of Shame
Tracking the most scandalous of suffixes Troopergate is suddenly back in the political spotlight, thanks to the finding that Alaska governor...
Read & DiscussThe "Mc" in McCain
The Arizona senator and presidential candidate's perennially productive prefix The media loves Barack Obama's name-especially Slate, which...
Read & DiscussFan-diddly-damn-tastic!
The whirly-twirly-leapy-flippy world of nonce words When something is crappy, do you ever yearn for synonyms such as crapitudinous,...
Read & DiscussCheese-eating Surrender Monkeys
The evolution of an insult The world of politics has seldom been known for it's mature level of discourse: flip-flopper, latte liberal, South...
Read & DiscussBanditry Is Not Dead
An old word that stays busy. Some words-like forsooth, thou, and daddy-o-are a tad old-fashioned. They just don't have the up-to-the-minute...
Read & DiscussMark Peters on Eggcorns
If you saw Blades of Glory last year, you may have chuckled when Will Ferrell used the word "mind-bottling," which he defined as "when your...
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