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I think this makes a nice pairing with Ezra Pound—Literature is language charged with meaning. Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. Also "Literature is news that STAYS news." (ABC of Reading)

OxfordWords weighs in on the Pigskins controversy



I'm really impressed that the claims about the Pigskins name generated a noticeable surge in queries to Oxford. For all my respect for the OED I didn't think to look there.

Another sign of the tables turning against Dan Snyder—the University of Minnesota has asked the team not to wear logos or announce their name when they play at the school's stadium in November.