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Whilst searching for a flat in London, I lamented to hear my estate agent described the area we were in as “up and coming”. Rather than believe the phrase was merely plucked out of the air, I struck upon a theory that future house prices could be explained by looking at the relative n...

Xu Ji Pan-fried Buns (許記生煎包) is a small shop nested inside the Shida Night Market area next to National Taiwan Normal University. One person chops up the dough, one person stuffs them with pork and rolls into balls, and one person frys ’em up. Rinse and repeat. The pork is mel...

In online culture, the use of phrasal formulas or templates known as snowclones, phrases adapted for reuse through the change of some of its elements, is widespread. These “multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase[s] or sentence[s] (…) ...