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1 day ago · Language evolves quickly in casual speech, with slang words emerging to capture new ideas or attitudes: 1. Adorbs (adj.) Definition: Cute or adorable. Blend of "adorable" and "-s". Example: Your new puppy is so adorbs I can‘t even handle it! 2. Chillax (v.) Definition: Calm down and relax.
2 days ago · A book that feels like it is several hundred pages longer than it needs to be is prolix. The word simply means that something has too many words and goes on too long. To avoid being called prolix, we'll keep this short. Prolix means using more words than necessary. For a less formal word choice try wordy, verbose, long-winded or drawn out.
5 days ago · Definitions of O.E.D. noun. an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles. synonyms: OED, Oxford English Dictionary. see more.
8 hours ago · Coined in the 1930s as a tongue-twisting marvel, this word was born out of a love for polysyllabic complexity, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. This word is not alone in the realm of lengthy creations. Take floccinaucinihilipilification, a fusion of Latin words culminating in a term meaning ‘the action of estimating as worthless.’
1 day ago · Today, the Oxford English Dictionary defines genocide as "the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group."
1 day ago · THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE by SARAH OGILVIE Chatto and Windus $42. One of the most popular books of the early 2000s – the readers' enthusiasm spread by word-of-mouth – was The Surgeon of Crowthorne by the well-known journalist and travel writer Simon Winchester. Subtitled “A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words”, it was a non ...
1 day ago · Practise using question tags in simulated scenarios with classmates or friends. This will help you get used to the natural flow of using tags in daily conversations. Record and review. Record yourself using question tags. Play the recording back and listen to your intonation and form. This self-review and reflection can help you correct and ...
