The attention to Venezuela has turned away from the military aspects of the operation to a vital question: What did Trump ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added eight words drawn from South Korean culture in its latest quarterly update, Oxford ...

The word “nascent” comes from the Latin words nascentem (nominative nascens), meaning “arising young, immature,” and the ...

Kinetic” — from the Greek kinētikos, meaning putting in motion — has become a recurring word for government officials talking ...

The word “munificent” is adjective that can describe someone who is very generous. It can also describe something that is ...

In this quick Mandarin lesson, I break down how the sound yi can mean very different things in Chinese. In part 2 of my ...

On January 1, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) announced its annual list of banned words and phrases for 2026. Among the ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say “6-7” is “cooked” and should ...

CNN's upcoming Chevy Chase documentary has new details about an notorious 2012 incident that led to Chase's sudden departure ...

Humans ask what things mean. Animals move on. That difference explains both our brilliance and much of our psychological ...

Five hundred years ago, if I had called one of my students "a shrewd lad with dogged ambition," he might have left the classroom in tears. Back in 1526, "shrewd" meant hurtful, a "lad" was a lowly ...