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Quote, misquote
"Fresh ideas are not always the best ideas" - or so the quotation goes, summing up the sentiment that, sometimes, a really great saying can be the most effective form of communication. However, sometimes the words of the great and the good can become misconstrued throughout history. These…
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Viva la vagina
From the downright insulting ‘clunge’ to the sickeningly twee ‘flower’, Naomi Wolf argues that it’s time to revisit how we talk about vaginas Picture credit: Rex Features
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'Karmically, they'll be retributed'
Last night, Lord Sugar gave mouthy Melissa Cohen the boot from the boardroom, despite her grand claim that she could ‘sell ice to the eskimos’. Having listened to her bizarre choice of sentence structures for the last four weeks, Stylist looks back at some of our favourite Melissaisms...
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ShaL i compR thee 2a summer's dai?
Forget penning odes with a quill and parchment – predictive text is the poetry tool of the future according to Carol Ann Duffy, who believes "the poem is a form of texting ... it's the original text." The poet laureate has said the ancient literary art will not die out because its…
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Everyday sayings explained
Ever wondered why the "hair of the dog" is a hangover cure, why a bird in the hand is worth "two in the bush" and who decided "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"? Some sayings are now so commonplace, we'll utter them with no idea of where they came from. But every…
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30 words we wish were still in use
In this Twitter-happy world of instant slang and text speak, it's easy to forget that some of the best words in the English language belong to a bygone age. Phrases like woofits (a hangover) and callipygian (having a nice bottom) are deliciously satisfying and entertaining - yet completely…
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The art of learning a language
Every British woman has a French woman inside her who is dying to get out. OK, the woman inside might be Italian, or even Japanese, but the fact remains that most of us would love to be fluent in another language.
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2011's top words in pictures
The Global Language Monitor, a media analytics company that tracks cultural trends, has revealed 2011's most used words, names and phrases. ‘Occupy’ ranked as 2011's top word, ‘Arab Spring’ the top phrase and ‘Steve Jobs’ the top name this year. Bunga Bunga and Kate Middleton are…
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