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Anyway, Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language, to my mind, is the most astonishing of lexicons ever produced in any tongue.
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Body-hugging jerseys and crisp poplin pieces also infiltrated Boero’s lexicon.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
In fact, this French Quarter institution helped invent modern brunch (thank you, butcher’s breakfast) and introduced cocktail classics like the Grasshopper and Whiskey Punch to the American bar lexicon.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Together, these designers are creating a new style lexicon for Ukrainian men and, in the process, redefining menswear in a nation at war.
—Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Body-hugging jerseys and crisp poplin pieces also infiltrated Boero’s lexicon.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
In fact, this French Quarter institution helped invent modern brunch (thank you, butcher’s breakfast) and introduced cocktail classics like the Grasshopper and Whiskey Punch to the American bar lexicon.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Together, these designers are creating a new style lexicon for Ukrainian men and, in the process, redefining menswear in a nation at war.
—Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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