Words Into Time

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The Evolution of Slang

For a century and a half, The New York Times has been earnestly—and hilariously—defining topical terms. 

Let's bring back "macking."

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Katie Paterson’s century-long Future Library art project contemplates the full scale of the publishing process.

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"The project foregrounds the most easily or willfully forgotten part of bookmaking: the trees. A bound book sits at a far remove from the natural world it came from—Future Library reminds us of the geographical realities of publishing, of the time and resources necessary to make paper. And as, presumably, digital media will continue to proliferate over the next century, Paterson’s art is resolutely, provocatively analog: every part of its process is tethered to the physical world. A visitor in Oslo can stand in the library and point to the source of the paper."

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The New York Times admits to its struggles with subject-verb agreement.

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"You know the form that you normally use? Well, it’s the other one that’s grammatically correct. So shape up. Or prepare to feel the kiss of the lash."