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    11 Dec 2017

    2017 saw both a sustained rise in 'feminism' lookups and a number of event-driven spikes. 'Feminism' is our .

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  2. 1 hour ago

    For all your 2018 goal-planning needs. (Btw they're totally doable.)

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  3. 3 hours ago

    This tweet is just to say, "Stay warm, friend."

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  4. 3 hours ago

    This list is the thick socks and herbal tea of online content.

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  5. 3 hours ago

    This list is the big cozy sweater of online content.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    Let's take a look at some words celebrating their hundredth year in print:

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  7. 6 hours ago

    📈 'Epiphany' is among our top lookups every year on January 5.

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  8. 7 hours ago

    Volatile Struthious Poltroon Words that come from our fine feathered friends:

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  9. 8 hours ago

    'Salty' language comes from people literally swearing like a sailor.

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  10. 10 hours ago

    Good morning! Today's is 'bindle stiff'

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  11. 20 hours ago

    'Aggravate' can mean "make worse" and "annoy." Or, often, both at the same time.

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  12. 21 hours ago

    'Clairvoyant' is made up of the French words for clear + seeing.

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  13. Jan 4

    The is 'hornswoggle'

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  14. Jan 4

    The dictionary will have your back on 'knots an hour,' but try not to say it around any actual seafaring types.

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  15. Jan 4

    Sposh Grue Graupel 10 words brought to you by Old Man Winter:

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  16. Jan 4

    📈 A limerick to remember the difference: Unless the news is entirely fake, 'Misnomer’s' not the same as 'mistake;' We’re descriptivists, yes, But needs must confess, There’s only so much we can take.

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  17. Jan 4

    📈 All currently defined senses of 'misnomer' refer to the use of the wrong name.

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  18. Jan 4

    'Feasible' often suggests something is yet to be decided. 'Doable' comes in when it's time for action.

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  19. Jan 4

    'Apoplexy,' now defined as a state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger, was once the medical term for a stroke.

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  20. Jan 4

    We're watching 'bombogenesis' (through the window, while wrapped in many blankets).

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  21. Jan 4

    Good morning! Today's is 'hornswoggle'

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