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A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoDudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild...
What Exactly Are 'Sugar Plums' Anyway?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoNo, this is not a sugar plum. Every Christmas Eve when I was a child, my family would read Clement Clark Moore’s famous 1823 poem, “A Visit from St....
Rizz: I study the history of charisma – here's why the word of the year is misunderstood
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoGot rizz? Mix and Match Studio/Shutterstock The Oxford English Dictionary has selected rizz as its...
What does woke mean? Amanda Holden faces backlash for Paul O’Grady comments
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoAmanda Holden is facing a backlash for her comments on the passing of Paul O’Grady, after describing...