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America has given the world many amazing inventions, good and bad—the lightbulb, the atomic bomb, the airplane, Kraft Mac & Cheese. But I’m going to

Contranyms—When the Same Word Has Opposite Meanings NYMS! Nym is a suffix that stands for “word,” and it’s usually used for word pairs. We all

As we are hip deep in a political season, I thought I’d rerun a few articles on the use of language and how it can

Given the current focus on rhetoric, I decided to rerun this article on rhetorical devices that I first posted two years ago. It seems somehow

The words we choose to use when we speak and write can bring people joy or sorrow, can make them angry or calm them down,

We’re all surrounded by a cloud of vocabulary. The words you know well, that you use daily, float nearby, coming easily to the hand. This

As we are hip deep in a political season, I thought I’d rerun a few articles on the use of language and how it can

I’d be willing to bet that most people have had the experience of reading a headline in a news article (or media chyron) only to

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