14 Overused Words That Have Lost Their Meaning Over Time

Genius
Ah, 'genius.' Once reserved for people of 'exceptional' and 'extraordinary' intellect and/or creativity—Albert Einstein, Shakespeare, and the like—today people use 'genius' to laud pretty much anyone who comes up with a helpful solution or performs a routine fix. Deservedly so or no, you may well have been called a 'genius' so often that it hardly even seems like a compliment in most circumstances. Is the dilution of 'genius,' and the following comparable words, a 'good' or 'bad' thing? That certainly depends on who you ask. But there's no denying that, as the popular, prevailing meanings of words change, they often drift farther and farther away from the 'correct' meaning. 

Military words and their meaning

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The Real Reason Why Toilet Paper Is White

Toilet paper has a critical job. Although it's an essential bathroom item, thinking about it usually starts and ends with needing to buy or use some. Meanwhile, people spend hours looking for the perfect towel or shower curtain colors for their bathroom, but toilet paper is just plain white. So what got the white toilet paper trend rolling?

This was the most successful amusement park before WWII

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This Is the Real Reason Why We Celebrate Flag Day

When most people think of summer holidays, they think of the big three: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. But people often forget another important American observance Flag Day. 

Why Is the Plural of ‘Moose’ Not ‘Meese’?

The English language doesn't always abide by its own rules. It's a giant melting pot of etymologies, sourcing itself from all over the world. The perplexing silent letters in words like "tsunami" and "rendezvous" are carried over from Japanese and French, respectively. The varying origins of words also produce a lot of strange, irregular-seeming plurals. That's why we have to look back through the history of English to figure out why the plural of "goose" is geese...but the plural of "moose" is not "meese." If you're curious about silent letters, learn more about why we What is the plural of moose?have them here. 

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15 of the Hardest Words to Spell in the English Language

Dilate

With only six letters, 'dilate' really shouldn't be hard to spell, but the way people usually pronounce it can throw spellers for a loop. Many people say 'dilate' as three full syllables, 'di-a-late,' leading themselves and others to add in an extra 'a' while spelling it. But let's put this easy misunderstanding to rest—there's no such word as 'dialate.'