As the police-custody death in the spring of 2020 of a Black man named George Floyd sparked a national reckoning over police brutality, the American dictionary Merriam-Webster also reconsidered its ...
The English word "trumpery," which derives from a French word meaning "to deceive," is defined in the dictionary as "showy but worthless." It is now common knowledge (hat tip to the Internet) that ...
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