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Think you know Pride and Prejudice? Prove it!

Anonymous

Ghosting

The writer behind many non-writers speaks.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Gobbledygook

Nina Katchadourian: flights of fancy.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Tweet seat

The tweet seat. Worst. Idea. Ever.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Misha Glenny

Inat

It’s cutting off your nose to spite your face. In Serbian.

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Georgina Greenough

Kardashian

Konversing with the Klan.

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Gobbledygook

Honeymooning with Harry Potter.

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Lucy Sisman

Marvellous

The pitfalls an adjective can present.

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Pink slime

Pink slime: an epithet that took off.

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Duncan Campbell and Anne Elser

Bookbinder

Bookbinders’ babble.

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Kirsty Lang

Terroir

It’s French for the flavor of the land.

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Randy Cohen

Devalued

Value engineeringâ€”it’s the opposite of how it sounds.

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Gobbledygook

Rachel Cusk breaks the interface.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Jason Abbot

Gunsmith

How gunsmiths shoot the breeze.

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Robert J. Barnett

G.yang

How do you say “good luck” in Tibetan?

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Coffice

The lovechild of laptop and latte.

Monday, February 13th, 2012