That's What They Say

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  TWTS: Dictionaries get glow-ups too 02.10.2026 5min

  The New York Times announced that the Merriam-Webster Dictionary “is wordsmaxxing” and NBC News described it as a “glow-up” of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
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  TWTS: The same, just more exact 25.09.2026 5min

  Concerns about redundancy are back this week. It's the exact same thing we’ve talked about before, but this time about the expression "exact same."
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  TWTS: Fore! It's a lightning round 20.09.2026 5min

  This may be one of the only times that throw pillows, golf, and curling all get wrapped into the same discussion.
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  TWTS: "Proactive" gets a reaction in advance 11.09.2026 5min

  While people may agree that being proactive is a positive trait, the word proactive can elicit some very negative reactions, so to speak.
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  TWTS: Cat chasing pixies? There's a word for that 04.09.2026 5min

  Is your cat running around in circles? Be advised, that kitty might be pixilated.
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  TWTS: Old English, new boundaries 28.08.2026 5min

  When we talk about Middle English, it suggests that we know when English began and when it ends.
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  TWTS: The cards language deals 27.08.2026 4min

  There are lots of cards we can still play now, but we’ve lost some good ones too.
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  TWTS: "Hunky dory" is doing just fine 14.08.2026 5min

  If "hunky dory" means the same thing as "right as rain," then we face the question of how right rain is.
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  TWTS: "Highfalutin" is too good for one spelling 07.08.2026 5min

  While we may know highfalutin language when we hear it, we don't all agree about how to spell "highfalutin" or where it comes from.
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  TWTS: Be careful what you hear around the scuttlebutt 31.07.2026 5min

  We exchange scuttlebutt at the proverbial water cooler, and there's an etymological clue in that.
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  TWTS: Time to talk about your watch 24.07.2026 5min

  The little clock we wear on our wrist could be called a clock. Instead, it has long had its own term, being called a watch instead.
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  TWTS: Careful how you're using that 👍 17.07.2026 5min

  Sometimes new slang jumps out in front of you, waving its hands, or thumbs, so that you can’t help but notice it. Sometimes it just sneaks up on you.
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  TWTS: Understanding the depth of "fathom" 10.07.2026 5min

  We can count fathoms when we’re measuring things. We can also metaphorically fathom or not fathom things.
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  TWTS: Speaking of "bespoke" 03.07.2026 5min

  This is a bespoke segment of That’s What They Say that focuses on “bespoke.”
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  TWTS: Up and down your alley... and your street 26.06.2026 4min

  If it’s up your alley, it might also be up your street. And perhaps it’s down rather than up.
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  TWTS: One rank, two pronunciations 22.06.2026 5min

  You say "lieutenant," I say “leftenant” but let’s not call the whole thing off.
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  TWTS: The wonky journey of "wonky" 12.06.2026 5min

  There’s more than one way to be wonky, and not all of them are bad.
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  TWTS: Are we canceling adverbs? 05.06.2026 5min

  Adverbs don’t always get a lot of love, captured powerfully in the writing tip “Abolish the adverbs.”
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  TWTS: Scrimping, skimping, and the degrees of frugality 29.05.2026 4min

  We scrimp and we save, and we skimp and we still save, which makes one wonder whether scrimping is different from skimping
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  TWTS: From fishmongers to warmongers - and warmongerers 22.05.2026 5min

  Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it.