Everyone knows about the 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and current Vice President Richard Nixon. Onscreen for the first time, the debate brought characters out of the impersonal … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Misunderestimated
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Words You Don’t Know: Cartouche
Less than ten years after the beginning of the War of the First Coalition, self-proclaimed Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led France abroad to the shores of Northern Egypt to kick off the aptly named War … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Cartouche
Words You Don’t Know: Sockdologizing
Have you ever been nagged? Has someone ever gotten your goat? Ever need someone to step off? You know the feeling of being sockdologized. At least, probably. We don’t exactly know for sure the true … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Sockdologizing
Words You Don’t Know: Prosopography
In every good cop show or conspiracy thriller, there is always some kind of map or chart with pins and string connecting a bunch of profiles of individuals to a central theme. Normally we think of … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Prosopography
Words You Don’t Know: Agglomeration
Remember last Monday when you were cruising down the street with your friend, Carl, and he asks if you could swing by the closest place that would provide cash-back? You pull up to a busy intersection … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Agglomeration
Words You Don’t Know: Amalgamation
Any ole’ regular Google search will tell you amalgamation means, “the action, process, or result of combining or uniting,” but the term also meaning fusion, union, or blend took on a more … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Amalgamation