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Words

semantics Dec. 8, 2020

Nigella Lawson’s Pronunciation of ‘Microwave’ Is Bloody BizarreMee-cro … what?

By Devon Ivie
definitions Oct. 22, 2015

What Does ‘Revenant’ Even Mean, Anyway?It’s French for “harrowing on-set experience.” (Just kidding.)

By Nate Jones

it stinks Jan. 15, 2013

Critics Poll: What Was the Worst Movie of 2012?The worst of the worst, as collected from the nation’s reviewers.

By Sean Howe
words Oct. 4, 2012

Lee Daniels Wanted Nicole Kidman to Use the N-Word for The Paperboy“I have a son who’s African American and I just didn’t feel it was right.”

By Zach Dionne
words Nov. 9, 2010

Parents Television Council Thinks ‘Boobs’ Is ProfaneAlso ‘suck’ and ‘screw.’

By Willa Paskin
words June 24, 2010

Breaking Down Eminem’s Recovery Lyrics“Now you get to watch her leave out the window / Guess that’s why they call it window pane.”

By Amos Barshad
books Apr. 15, 2010

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

By Edith Zimmerman