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English is a quirky, often confusing language that's been shaped and influenced by many others. As such, it has a massive variety of words—but here are some we think rise above the crowd and deserve ...

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The Arabic aphorism “Likulli maqāmin maqālun” means “for every place, there is a [proper] remark”: the linguistic etiquette that each occasion necessitates a specific wording, or choice of words. We ...