Archive for the 'July 2014'

Paint it mauve. Dear Word Detective: I’d...
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Too bad. “Thrity” has a nice ring to...
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Unless, as Fat Freddy Freekowtski once explained...
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To boldly hit “print.” Dear Word...
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What goes around comes around, half gone. Dear...
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