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Column: New words from old words make waves

In the same vein, I just found out that the word “buttload,” often used colloquially to mean “a large amount,” actually has its roots in Old English as a wine measurement.
After writing about free speech, columnist Issac J. Bailey received a letter that included the n-word. He wrote about the ...
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he ...
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Facing smelly words | Guest Column

Genocide Watch claims that using “ethnic cleansing” or "crimes against humanity" indicates an unwillingness to take forceful ...
This week, the Chronicle of Philanthropy launches a new monthly opinion column — “Watch Your Language” — that aims to help ...
I was nominated to be the family "nurse" when my father-in-law had open-heart surgery, and when my mother-in-law had a mastectomy, and when my sister-in-law had lung cancer and had part of her lung ...
In the senior care industry, where trust is paramount and choices are deeply personal, traditional marketing tactics no longer are enough.
In cases of medical debt, though, this sense of “afford” can be devastating. The medical system in the U.S. often forces people to choose between their money and their life, but unlike the mugger in ...
The final word: Could you save more? You're already saving approximately 20% of your annual income (your wife's putting $60,000 a year aside and you are saving $23,500 a year in your 401 (k) in line ...
The so-called “worst of the worst” immigrants that the Trump administration is holding in detention facilities are mostly ...
Although changed like all papers have, The Providence Journal still has an amazingly talented staff Mark Patinkin continues to learn from.
A University of Mississippi employee loses her job and a Mississippi State student is no longer enrolled, after both post anti-Charlie Kirk rhetoric. Pam Bondi threatens to target “hate speech.” Could ...