NPR's Neda Ulaby investigates the etymology of random, a word comedian Spencer Thompson calls "the most misused ... of our generation." It turns... That's So Random: The Evolution Of An Odd Word ...

Word search puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles ...

Cybersecurity experts have revealed the logic behind their advice to use three random words when creating passwords. In a new blog post, experts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which is ...

Word search puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles ...

opposed to “carefully” (Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, OUP, 1966). Therefore, if something was thrown “at random” the result was unpredictable. Although the Oxford English Dictionary’s 1989 ...

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Webster’s Dictionary invented the word “random” to explain our annual march through basketball madness. And we might add “erratic” and “haphazard.” If you accept that, it all makes sense. March ...