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"Wintertide" Terms That Time Forgot

Check out some of these antiquated words for gift-giving, cold weather, and even overeating to elevate your winter vocabulary.

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Keep on Truckin' With This 1970s Slang

Author Tom Wolfe coined the term "The 'Me' Decade" to define the 1970s, and these are some of the slang words and terms that came out of these wild, free-spirited, and tumultuous years.

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Why Do We Say "Graveyard Shift" and "Skeleton in the Closet"?

Ghoulish figures have a place in our lexicon year-round, in frightening expressions such as "graveyard shift," "skeleton staff," "skeleton in the closet," and other similar turns of phrase.