Some feature regularly in lists of people’s least favourite words in English: “vomit” is a perennial peeve, but some dislikes are more irrational
Some feature regularly in lists of people’s least favourite words in English: “vomit” is a perennial peeve, but some dislikes are more irrational
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Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column dissecting language
The funny thing about the etymology of the word is that its origin is “literally a joke”
shashi tharoors world of words
Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column that dissects English language
The word 'palindrome' was coined by the seventeenth-century English dramatist Ben Jonson, but the person usually credited with inventing it was Sotades of Maroneia (in ancient Greece)
If you look around the world, there are several more emotions captured in other languages which describe feelings that cannot be expressed so easily in English
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There are numerous words in other languages to express ideas and emotions for which there is no English equivalent
New acronyms have come on stream, so it’s time to revisit them for a quick update
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Terms we will all need to master before the new year is out
The Simplified Spelling Board suggested alternative 'rational' spellings but only some of those stood the test of time