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Barbara Wallraff

Barbara Wallraff is a former columnist for The Atlantic, a syndicated newspaper columnist, and the author of Word Court and Your Own Words.

Shouldn’t There Be a Word ... ?

Shouldn’t There Be a Word ... ?

The holes in our language and the never-ending search for words to fill them

by Barbara Wallraff | Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Say What?

Say What?

How we talk American

by Barbara Wallraff | Thursday, March 01, 2012

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Plunging to Earth

by Robert Zaretsky

Still dreaming up ways to safely enjoy this year’s summer vacation? “Safe” may be a relative term here—but if you’re feeling brave, you could take up skydiving, as Robert Zaretsky once did. “As I fell,” he wrote in our Summer 2011 issue, “I blurted out—like so many others have, I later learned—‘Mommy!’”

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