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Have you ever heard a joke so funny, you said it killed you? You’re in good company. The 15 wisecrackers on this list are princesses and playwrights, murderers and martyrs. They span centuries and ...

In the world of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, to hear the tale of the Lorax, you have pay the “Once-ler,” after which, whispering to you through a “snergelly” hose, he will paint you a word-picture of ...

Susan Kelz Sperling, author of Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, talks about words that have been lost from the English language. This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve ...

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Reflecting recently on the overzealous censorship of the proceedings of a scientific conference by a prudish AI, we called for professional help to establish what it is about the sound of words like ...