Here is a rule of thumb for Bernie Sanders supporters across this great nation: When talking about the Democratic primary, which pits Sanders against Hillary Clinton, do not use the word “whore.”
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was captured by the Taliban after abandoning his post in Afgahnistan and freed five years later in a prisoner swap, is facing a maximum sentence of life in prison. Key among his legal tactics, his defense team says, is Donald Trump.
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper last night, the future First Lady of the United States Melania Trump uttered several different words, some familiar—“I’m my own person,” she repeated multiple times—and some new.
Some articles should be short. Some articles should be long. No articles, as Vox and its SB Nation demonstrated, should be longform. Greg Howard’s postmortem of SB Nation’s “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?” debacle offers lots of insights into how a story can go wrong, but the most concise may be his reporting that a…
The future First Lady of the United States Melania Trump said some new words in an exclusive interview with her husband’s close personal friend and Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski this morning. “It’s amazing what’s going on,” she said of the campaign. “We’re having fun.”
Just a week after blaming President Obama for her son’s domestic violence arrest, Sarah Palin went on the Today Show to deny ever blaming President Obama for her son’s domestic violence arrest.
Earlier today, official Trump supporter Sarah Palin reportedly did not show up to a Trump rally in Iowa as planned. She seemed to deny that anything is amiss, however, in a Facebook post this afternoon. “Trading in the beautiful snow of Iowa for the red dirt of Oklahoma as planned, despite what the media is try’s no…
At a campaign rally in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina today, the leading Republican candidate for president—Donald Trump—claimed to know words. “I know words, I have the best words,” he said to the crowd. Alright, if you say so.
Until recently, an annual event at the Pioneer Bar in Sitka, Alaska, commemorating the state’s transfer from Russian control to the United States was known as the “slavery auction.” Going forward, the bar’s owner said Monday, it will be called the “Alaska Day Auction.”
Stop what you are doing right this minute and prepare yourself for the arrival of thoroughly shocking news: John McPhee has written a ponderous New Yorker story about the process of writing itself.
You can “hack” a computer. You don’t have to “hack” every last thing.
"Their place at the table," reads the headline of a front-page article on yesterday's Suffolk Times, a newspaper serving the north fork of Long Island. Nothing about that phrase or the article accompanying it is visibly amiss, but one eagle-eyed reader called in to complain anyway. "Do you think that's the correct…
Language is our primary weapon in the ceaseless conflict that is modern life. Today we examine two words that are perfectly terrible reflections of our time: wow and platisher.
Language is wonderful and language is alive, but language is also a form of psychological assault—especially when everybody suddenly starts using awful new terms and phrases just because everyone else is doing it, on Twitter. We are not so naive as to think we can "ban" this or that word, because "ban" is one of the…
The dictionary company Merriam-Webster has declared "science" to be the Word of the Year for 2013. But why?
most powerful storm on record: A monster storm that's even worse than the last couple of nightmares we're still trying to recover from, but not as horrific as the one coming up next. Usage: "The most powerful storm on record is unrelated to global warming, a Senate Republican said."
lifehack (noun) A somber acknowledgement that while life itself is mostly boredom, disappointment and heartbreak, you can at least use up some of life's many hours with different ways to peel garlic or organize your closet shelves.
CR: 1. Abbreviation for "Congressional Republican," a member of an exclusive socialist commune on the Potomac River that provides private gyms, health care, pensions, tennis courts, guaranteed airline seats, reserved airport parking, fine dining, life insurance, a private subway, iPhones, postage stamps, luxury hotels…
federal government shutdown: Death ritual conducted by rich American men at an enormous, ornate temple on a hill.
beard: Ancient arcane term for a gay person's pretend heterosexual partner. Since the legal establishment of gay marriage, refers exclusively to lovingly tended long whiskers worn by urban men working in offices.
