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By leaning on abstract language to satisfy funders and signal expertise, organizations are losing the clarity and recognition ...

In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. The culmination ...

People who don't try to impress anyone almost always say some particular high-value phrases when they talk to you.

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Opinion: From TikTok trends to Ivy League campuses, non-Black and straight users are strip-mining Black queer speech for ...