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'Single-use' is Collins' 2018 word of the year
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Nov 07 (ANI): The Collins dictionary has announced `single-use` as its Word of the Year for 2018.
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'Sanctions are coming': Trump takes aim at Iran
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): Ahead of the economic sanctions on Iran set to be imposed on November 5, United States President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted a "Game of Thrones"- image of himself with the words "sanctions are coming".
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MoD spokesperson taunts former Navy chief on Twitter, apologises later
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): A war of words broke out on social media after an "inadvertent" post by the spokesperson for Ministry of Defence (MoD) upset serving and non-serving officers of the Indian defence forces. The spokesperson for MoD, however, later withdrew her tweet and apologi
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The power of 'we'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Oct 7 (ANI): Any healthy relationship starts with the word "we" and not "I."
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Bette Midler apologises for 'the n-word of the world' tweet
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 5 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Bette Midler, who sparked social media backlash after a provocative tweet about women in the midst of protests against Supreme Court judge nominee Brett Kavanaugh, apologised for calling women as the" n-word of the world."
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BJD believes in deeds, not in mere words: Patnaik
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Oct 2 (ANI): Continuing his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik quipped that unlike the Centre, his party believes in working for the welfare of the people by fulfilling the
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Know the difference between 'e-cigarettes' and 'cigarettes'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 2 (ANI): According to a new study, the word 'cigarette' might appear in the term 'e-cigarette' but that is as far as their similarities extend. Assuming e-cigarettes are equal to cigarettes could lead to misguided research and policy initiatives.
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Scrabble Dictionary adds 300 new slang words including 'Emoji' and 'Ew'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [United States], September 25 (ANI): The Merriam-Webster's Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is playing catch up by adding some of the new-age internet-influenced words to please the millennials.
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New Minimal Turing Test indicates the word 'poop' is a human identifier
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [United States], September 24 (ANI): Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a newer version of the 1950 Turing Test to differentiate the machine from the humans.
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Rahul's derogatory language against PM Modi shows his frustration: Nadda
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Union Minister JP Nadda on Saturday criticised Congress president Rahul Gandhi for using "derogatory language" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that his words show his "height of frustration."
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Now you can make happiness last longer!
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 19(ANI): Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. The word has different meanings for different people. For many, the sense of happiness derived from a luxur
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China relies on thought control
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Sept 18 (ANI): President Xi Jinping once uttered the ironic words, "The aim of liberating thought is to better standardize thought". Of course, what he really wanted to say was that he wanted all thought in China to be unified under his purview.
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