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Where does the word tycoon come from?

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What does 'performative' mean?

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Why do we say 'flea market'?

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What is a 'ghost word'?

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Who is Shashibiya?

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What is the origin of the word alphabet?

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What is 'concept creep'?

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Which American term did Sergeant Pepper introduce to Britain?

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Top 10 words with the most entries in the Oxford English Dictionary?

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Most popular word in English?

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Most common spelling mistakes in English?

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What is a zero-sum game?

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What is a descriptivist? And a prescriptivist?

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The best way to teach English?

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What is mission creep? Where does the phrase come from?

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Do the languages we speak shape the way we think?

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What are phrasal verbs? Is there an easy way to learn them?

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What is the difference between inflation & deflation?

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What is 'nudge' theory?

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What are loanwords?

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