Tag Archives: Dictionaries

The New Leaf Journal sometimes studies dictionaries (usually, not always, older ones) to dig into the meaning of words and phrases.

ESPN States Tim Duncan was “Born Overseas”

Was an NBA player who was born in an overseas U.S. territory born “overseas” as the word is commonly understood?

“Respondent has come forth with a strange admixture of contentions.”

A study of the turnip-shaped word, “napiform.”

The true Pokémon and Century Dictionary inspirations for The New Leaf journal’s site slogan.

“The trees leaf in May” (and so does The New Leaf Journal)