The words we say can influence how others receive our message and how they perceive us. Author Stefan Fatsis explores the ...

The meaning behind one of Panic! at the Disco‘s most recognizable, most enduring, and most nostalgia-inducing hits is full of scandal, deception, and plenty of sins. The emo-baroque pop band released ...

Hyphenaters used to be fearless. Bad to the bone. Unflinching in the face of multi-word adjectives that required two or even three hyphens. An editor would see the terms “anti” and “social” and “media ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

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Even if you’re not a full-blown grammar nerd, you’ll find the origins of these words that changed meaning over time completely fascinating The English language is alive—and like any living thing, it ...

Today's word is Alacrity. It means cheerful readiness and promptness. The word comes from Latin, meaning lively or eager.

The Collins English Dictionary defines the word “woman” as “an adult female human being.” But this past August, a tempest began on Twitter when a user posted two responses written to people who had ...

Thanks to the evolution of language, technology, and lots of hyperbole, these words used to convey a lot more merit, emotion, or simply seriousness than they do nowadays. Ah, “genius.” Once reserved ...

If you are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, you have likely heard the term “stud” being used to describe masculine women. However, according to Merriam-Webster, the word originates from Old English ...