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Randomness, in Four Parts

Despite the fact that this package is about randomness, it’s actually fairly well structured. But as it turns out, order might be more random than it looks.

Speaking of Klingons …

The Klingon language remains relevant to today’s culture and continues to evolve in surprising ways. (Finally, you must be thinking, some Star Trek content.)

The Suburban Dictionary

How the sniglet took over, to the point where people use sniglets without realizing it. Sniglets don't appear in the dictionary, but they probably should.

They Should Stop

The singular "they" is the Rodney Dangerfield of grammar, despite being around far longer than "he or she." But is they close to mainstream acceptance?

A Cromulent Exercise

Popular culture and life experiences have a crazy way of influencing the way that we talk and use words. Perfectly cromulent, if you ask us.
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