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Those of us tuned in to social media have probably run across someone using a term like “because science” to explain something factual or amazing or…
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Journalists and bloggers, teachers and everybody on Facebook love to use the phrase “studies show.”I love it, too.“Studies show” tickles the part of us…
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I have learned to avoid the word “problem.”Today, we prefer terms like “challenges,” and “opportunities,” perhaps “concerns” if the situation is really…
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We use the word “myth” in at least two almost contradictory ways. Most commonly, we use myth to mean falsehood, a hoax without the intention to…
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The most powerful lies aren’t the day-to-day, so-called white lies--that we’re ”fine” or that we genuinely care if complete strangers “have a good one.”…
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The conflicted and often contradictory ways Americans use the word “ideology” reveals the conflicted and often contradictory ways we view ourselves.The…
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“Momentum” is a word that we don’t usually think of as having a technical origin, even though we hear it used a lot by reporters during election season. A…
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What we consider correct or proper English has long been bound up in class distinctions. Prior to the advent of public education, this was much more…