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How many French words in English?

on January 08, 2026

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What is the Rorschach test?

on December 29, 2024

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What is a humble brag?

on June 10, 2024

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Where does the word meme come from?

on May 03, 2024

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What is cognitive dissonance?

on September 27, 2015

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Where does the term brainstorming come from? Does it work?

on September 24, 2015

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What is a descriptivist? And a prescriptivist?

on September 22, 2015

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What is Moore's law?

on July 22, 2015

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What does it mean to sound off?

on July 08, 2015

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What is a bailout? Where does the word come from?

on February 08, 2015

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What is a troll?

on February 05, 2015

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

on August 14, 2014

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Why are we “the giraffes of altruism.”?

on June 27, 2014

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What is a hipster? Key hipster words?

on October 17, 2013

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What is 'nudge' theory?

on August 16, 2013

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What is Game Theory? How did Jane Austen use it?

on July 14, 2013

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What is a Maven?

on April 10, 2013

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What is a descriptivist? A prescriptivist?

on February 18, 2013

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What is a metanarrative?

on January 27, 2013

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What does 'meta' mean? What is meta-language?

on January 26, 2013

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