Top 10 Decimations Of The English Language

from LISTVERSE 10 Refute “Refute” means to “disprove with evidence” and yet it’s commonly used, even by professional writers, to mean “rebut” which carries a similar meaning but isn’t quite so strong, as it can also mean “argue against.” The example here (“Simon...

That’s Gatsby With A Small “j”

from BOOKTRYST The $175,000 Dust Jacket Comes to Auction by Stephen J. Gertz Sotheby’s Oct. 10, 2011. Est. $150,000-$180,000.  The incredibly rare and desirable dust jacket to the first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is coming to auction...

Today Is The End – Borders Gone

from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat Heartbreaking Borders Photograph By Jason Boog on September 14, 2011 2:23 PM Reddit user Jessers25 took the photo embedded above at a Borders going out of business sale. In the photo, a Thomas Jefferson quote sat on a bare wall with...