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A Smokin’ Hot Game Can Be A “Barn Burner”

by Kevin Burton    The NCAA Final Four is Saturday. Those of us with no favorite teams playing, merely hope for close games.    In honor of March Madness, Merriam-Webster has looked into the origin of the idiom “barn-burner.” I have mostly heard this refer to football, but it could apply to basketball as well. …

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American Slang Phrases Through The Decades

by Dictionary Scoop     Have you listened to teenagers talk lately? Their vocabulary is full of words we don’t quite understand. But come on, we did it too: every decade has had its own set of slang words and expressions.    Today, we look back at ten slang words and expressions that have defined each decade from …

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