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Gaming is a commodity that can be quite difficult to escape. Aside from people with their eyes glued to their screens, gaming has also snuck its way into modern-day lingo. Here’s a list of eight common gaming slang terms to help you understand, or even impress, your gamer friends.
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The English language can be so confusing with all its loopholes and tricky trickeries. Here are six convoluted, unnecessarily bizarre sentences that are still grammatically correct.
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Changing times demand changing coverage — here are some recent AP Stylebook and Daily Cal style changes that reflect recent events and political shifts.
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This is a ghost story, not because it involves a haunted house, but because it contains a different kind of haunting: a linguistic poltergeist. The persistent specter of fiction creeps into our reality through the language we use to describe it. This is a ghost story about ghost stories.
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Actions may speak louder than words, but some words speak louder than others. Stand out from your peers by spicing up your speech with these archaic words, briefly defined and used in UC Berkeley-related example sentences.
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In anticipation of the 2018 homecoming game, I decided to examine the second fight song that has captured my heart, exploring some of its victories and shortcomings.
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These little symbols might seem small, but they carry with them centuries of history and some pretty big personalities. Which punctuation marks hold a special place in your heart?
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Lacking a pithy term for exchanging explicit instant messages? Fear not; English quickly conjures up “sexting,” and voilà: The new word, equally a noun or verb, neatly synthesizes two existing words and is nigh impossible to misunderstand.
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It’s hard to summarize the city of Berkeley’s unique nature, but the late San Francisco journalist Herb Caen gave a witty effort when he coined “Berserkeley,” now a citywide nickname that is often spelled “Berzerkeley.”
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As a reporter, writing is the most important part of my job. I have to take accurate notes, organize my story and write — during this process, I always have to decide whether to write with my computer or my Pilot G2 pen.
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