Science Are "theory" and "hypothesis" dead? Maggie Koerth

politics English town council wants to abolish apostrophes in street-names to end "confusion" Cory Doctorow

Funny What "Twitter" meant in 1874 Cory Doctorow

short Robots say the craziest things Cory Doctorow

Science Why do dogs bark? (And what are they saying when they do?) Maggie Koerth

Old school Flapper slang Cory Doctorow

Funny "No Asians" – cornering a racist turns out unexpectedly well Cory Doctorow

music Names for bands Cory Doctorow

language Useful words with no English equivalent Cory Doctorow

crime Phrases used by corporate fraudsters Cory Doctorow

Funny Needs comma Cory Doctorow

web theory Literacy privilege, or, why grammar nazis are dicks Cory Doctorow

finance Citigroup leads finance world in bullshit-generating capacity Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Victorian jargon watch: "a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Russian man reads longest word in English language Cory Doctorow

language Omnishambles is word of the year Rob Beschizza

politics Miguel Bloombito: the incredible Spanish of Michael Bloomberg Cory Doctorow

language Y'all shouldn't feel bad about using "y'all" Maggie Koerth

Funny Talk sophisticated with PronunciationManual Cory Doctorow