corporati
n.pl.— «As the hotel lights dimmed, many of the corporati turned into solid tenors and sopranos. Even hotel guests who happened by joined in.» —“Parties Thank Donors To New Art Museum” by Nancy Bartley Seattle Times (Washington) Dec. 9, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
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