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The Orwellian Nature of 'Sex Assigned at Birth'
John Sexton 6:40 PM | April 03, 2024
Stop the insanity, please
David Strom 6:01 AM | July 24, 2023
Follow the science, language edition
David Strom 6:41 PM | February 16, 2023
AP Stylebook isolates another word not to be mean with
Beege Welborn 6:01 PM | January 26, 2023
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California colleges move to purge "harmful phrases"
Jazz Shaw 5:31 PM | December 20, 2022
Why can't Karine Jean-Pierre pronounce Nobel Prize?
Karen Townsend 7:31 PM | November 29, 2022
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“Change the words, to destroy the words, to recreate them again": Linguistic nihilism and tyranny on The Amiable Skeptics featuring Adam Baldwin
Ed Morrissey 2:01 PM | September 27, 2022
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Orwell's warning about linguistic nihilism and the Establishment clerisy: The Amiable Skeptics featuring Adam Baldwin
Ed Morrissey 4:01 PM | September 26, 2022
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Orwell, language, and the destruction of reality: The Amiable Skeptics featuring Adam Baldwin!
Ed Morrissey 8:41 PM | September 22, 2022
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New York bans more words that suggest gender
Jazz Shaw 9:46 AM | August 22, 2022
New York bans the word "inmate" to describe people in prison
Jazz Shaw 12:31 PM | August 10, 2022
Merriam-Webster caves to the trans agenda... again
Jazz Shaw 11:01 AM | July 20, 2022
Washington bans racist word for marijuana
Jazz Shaw 11:01 AM | April 26, 2022
This Washington Post story about a carpet cleaner who speaks more than 24 languages should be a movie
John Sexton 4:30 PM | April 05, 2022
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NY Times on 'backlash and bewilderment' over the left's wokespeak (and Times' commenters weigh in)
John Sexton 3:30 PM | November 02, 2021
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Teachers union head: Yes, we gave the CDC language for its guidance on school reopenings
Allahpundit 3:44 PM | May 18, 2021
Penn State bans more words
Jazz Shaw 9:21 AM | May 14, 2021
When our dictionaries gave up the ghost
Jazz Shaw 10:01 AM | March 13, 2021
Great moments in "science": UK hospital rejects the word "breast" as transphobic, or something
Ed Morrissey 7:01 PM | February 10, 2021
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Proper language matters, but not at Rutgers
Jazz Shaw 12:31 PM | July 23, 2020
The Associated Press wants to get rid of the word "mistress"
Jazz Shaw 6:01 PM | May 18, 2020
Massive majority of Latinx voters don't like the term Latinx
Jazz Shaw 10:31 AM | March 10, 2020
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Merriam-Webster caves. Singular "they" is word of the year
Jazz Shaw 6:31 PM | December 10, 2019
NYPD ordered to deal with mentally ill better by... using different words
Jazz Shaw 8:01 AM | October 22, 2019
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San Francisco: Let's not call them "felons"
Jazz Shaw 8:01 AM | August 26, 2019
Americans worried over level of harsh public talk, blame guess-Who
Andrew Malcolm 8:41 AM | June 25, 2019
Atlanta-area DAs: No, we won't prosecute women for getting abortions
Karen Townsend 2:01 PM | May 21, 2019
Obama: You know, it's not racist to believe that immigrants should assimilate
Allahpundit 10:41 PM | April 10, 2019
SCOTUS to decide who is or isn't "effed"
Jazz Shaw 2:31 PM | March 11, 2019
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New study uncovers the silent bias in our vocabulary
Andrew Malcolm 10:01 AM | February 24, 2018
Ancient language, modern politics combine for gridlock in Northern Ireland
Ed Morrissey 11:31 AM | February 10, 2018
No, we're not "weaponizing" immigration language
Jazz Shaw 7:01 PM | February 03, 2018
A 2017 version of "the seven dirty words" at... the CDC?
Jazz Shaw 8:31 AM | December 16, 2017
Quick! We must de-gender the romance languages
Jazz Shaw 2:01 PM | November 15, 2017
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Forget Latin. English is the new dead language
Jazz Shaw 8:31 PM | August 12, 2017
Of pigeons and terrorists
Jazz Shaw 12:01 PM | June 20, 2017
In Turkey, the thought police are banning the word "arena"
Jazz Shaw 2:31 PM | May 30, 2017
Library of Congress continues work on scrubbing "illegal alien" from the records
Jazz Shaw 2:31 PM | July 23, 2016
Connecticut officially redefines all language dealing with "gender"
Jazz Shaw 11:31 AM | July 16, 2016
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In our brave, new world, the proper use of English is now a microagression
Jazz Shaw 10:41 AM | June 09, 2016
White House wants colleges to refer to criminals as "justice-involved individuals"
Jazz Shaw 9:31 AM | May 15, 2016
About that "Rubio said something different on Univision" charge
Jazz Shaw 10:01 AM | February 16, 2016
Bad news, fellas: "You guys" now too sexist to tolerate
Ed Morrissey 4:41 PM | June 11, 2015
Rubio: Let's face it, Spanish-language TV is in the tank for ObamaCare
Allahpundit 6:41 PM | April 03, 2014
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Quotes of the day
Allahpundit 10:41 PM | February 03, 2014
New Mexico Supreme Court: People who don't speak English must be included on juries
Allahpundit 9:21 PM | August 14, 2013
With all due respect, shun the nonbeliever
Libby Sternberg 4:01 PM | May 05, 2012
Sebelius to kids: Instead of calling each other "jerks," why don't you call each other "jerks"?
Tina Korbe 3:40 PM | March 16, 2012