Negroid – English editing.
The term Negroid belongs to a set of terms introduced by 19th-century anthropologists attempting to categorize human races. Such terms are associated with outdated notions of racial types, and so…
Negro – English editing.
The word Negro was adopted from Spanish and Portuguese and is first recorded in the mid 16th century. It remained the standard term throughout the 17th-19th centuries and was even…
Native American – English editing.
Native American is now the current accepted term in most contexts, particularly in the US, for a member of any of the indigenous peoples of the United States. For Scientific…
Native – English editing.
In contexts such as a native of Boston the use of the noun native is quite acceptable. But when used as a noun without qualification, as in this dance is…
Nama – English editing.
The Nama people are one of the khoikhoi peoples of South Africa and SW Namibia. They have in the past been called Hottentot (actually a somewhat broader term), but that…
Luxurious, Luxuriant – English editing.
Luxurious and luxuriant are often confused, especially in marketing and promotional material. Luxurious means ‘very comfortable, elegant, and involving great expense’, as in a luxurious hotel, whereas luxuriant means ‘lush’,…
Lot – English editing.
A lot of and lots of are very common in speech and writing, but they still have a somewhat informal feel and are generally not considered acceptable for formal English,…
Locate – English editing.
Locate is an 18th century Americanism that still has a transatlantic flavor for some people, especially in its intransitive use (that is, without an object) as in numerous industries have…