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American Speech

The linguistics behind gender neutral terms among young women.

More on internet neologisms: pairing together a (negative) mood word with a verb to produce a semi-productive compound.

A controversial and little-known aspect of Ghostbusters cultural influence can be found in a seemingly simple suffix, “-busters.”

A writer named Elinor Glyn wrote a novel entitled "It and other stories in 1927"

With all due respect to hamburgers and apple pie, hot dogs are arguably the most American of foods.

Thanksgiving is a feast so complex and semiotically dense that things are very often forgotten and rarely go according to plan.

Thanksgiving as we know it was deliberately invented in the nineteenth century.

From colonial times to the nineteenth century, Thanksgiving was very different from the holiday we know now.

A collection of our recent stories in celebration of American Indian Heritage Month.

On either side of the aisle, Black Friday surfaces systemic issues facing low-income communities of color.

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