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Linguistic Diversity in D.C. and the “D.C. Dialect”: Q & A with Natalie Schilling

Is the word “moe” in your vocabulary? How about “jhi”? If so, you’re likely a D.C. local! Like go-go and mambo sauce, these words are part of the lifeblood of…

Message from the Founder: Or Is It?

I’m barely competent with technology and frequently beseeching my daughters or tech-savvy young people for assistance with what I think are my computer’s “bugs.” It’s demeaning to feel so powerless…

Words of the Year 2022

At Planet Word, we strive to make the museum experience fun, playful, unexpected, motivational, meaningful, and inclusive, and each of our galleries brings words and language to life in different…

From the Founder: Prison Reading

So the latest financial outlaw and crypto-currency-exchange fraudster, Sam Bankman-Fried, was quoted in an interview prior to his downfall and arrest as proclaiming “I would never read a book.” Who…

From the Founder: Words and Actions

Planet Word was intended to be place where people would have fun with language, a joyful place where people would come together to use their words, that shined a spotlight…