Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

Although we call the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons “Old English,” English speakers today won’t find much in common between it and the language we have now. More than 1000 years ago, English was ...

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 ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added more than 20 new words pertaining to Korean culture in its most recent update. Getty; Alamy The Oxford English Dictionary has become the latest piece of Western ...

Want to understand real American English? In this video, you’ll learn 20 slang words Americans use every day — from hang out and lit to no-brainer and spill the tea. You’ll also discover how to ...

We recently wrote about the words women don't know that men do and vice versa. But the meanings of some words confuse people of both genders. The Center for Reading Research analyzed the first 480,000 ...

1."The majority of students cannot read at grade level. Anyone who disagrees with a teacher teaching appropriate grammar is part of the problem." 2."She’s helping them become writers for any career.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from 20 Words // 20 Seconds You have 20 seconds. For each prompt, type an English word that meets the criteria above. Words that you have used for an earlier ...

Are you a locavore(+1) who decries the tapafication(+2) of restaurants or a latte liberal(+3) on the fence about Billary(+4)? No matter, the explosion of new words in the English language is enough to ...

That sort of painful, sort of bittersweet, sort of wistful feeling you get looking out the window or driving at night or listening to a far-off train whistle? There's a word for that in Japanese. By ...