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Valerie M. Fridland

Valerie M. Fridland

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Opinion|Political

Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word

Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic recasting of lying as an inadvertent mistake.

Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
Arts|Education|Entertainment|Science

Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive

Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The movie literally blew my mind” and not mean it … literally.

Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive
Arts|Education|Entertainment|US

Santa, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas

You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names. That doesn’t make him disreputable, just a reflection of changing American culture.

Santa, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas

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