Yet another tragedy has exposed our shameful, glaring inadequacies. Of course, there has never been a shortage of tragic incidences, but just when one hopes the last tragedy taught us a lesson, ...
There are two types of names you can create out of spare parts: compound and blended words. Compound words are still recognizable as names made of two words. Blended words go a step further — they’re ...
Guillaume Thierry has received funding from the European Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Biotechnology ...
Nose dick, lockdown bacon, and toilet paper hamster: the delightfully German words that have appeared during pandemic times. These compound nouns are constantly forming and evolving based on the ...
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Only the most bitter of surgubbar would see these teenagers as fjortisar. Photo: Lieselotte van der Meijs/imagebank.sweden.se Swedes have a rich tradition of coining creative compound words to label ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Seth Bowling of Long Beach, Calif., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Sunday Puzzle: Compound word sets On-air challenge: You'll get three words ...