Slang and street words, informal language, is changing a lot. Based on Latin and Greek, just 2,400 words that were of the time like ‘microcosm’ and ‘integrity.’”Ībout today’s him/her/binary lexicon he said: “Huge problem. The very first dictionary? “Its original was 1604. Like we keep President Truman’s snollygoster. Shrinkflation, which is reducing a product’s amount but charging the same price. Peter: “The pandemic brought new definitions. So this week I interviewed its lexicographer Peter Sokolowski. Last week the Merriam-Webster dictionary dealt with threats over gender definitions. Meet the woman behind the eyes of the tiger in Broadway's 'Life of Pi' Padma Lakshmi goes on a food tour of America on 'Taste the Nation' Robert De Niro let his hair down to play Sebastian Maniscalco’s hairdresser father in 'About My Father' Just a bit of Scottish play with Alan Cumming My mother was my champion and helped me become the person I am
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