In my teenage years, I believed my father knew every word in the English language. Whenever I stumbled upon an unfamiliar phrase, I would run to him and he would explain it with the calm authority of ...

Francesca can’t get no satisfaction in Season 4 of “Bridgerton.” “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said the word ...

Fifteen years ago, the singer-songwriter showed the web loved nothing more than a pile-on ...

To help combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestions Children’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie Dent Children’s ...

Queerbaiting is the latest marketing tactic I have noticed in modern media, something that has been on the uptick for the last decade. The Oxford English Dictionary defines queerbaiting as “the ...

In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. The culmination ...

Longtime solvers become fluent in the syntax of crossword clues. There are the qualifiers after commas that indicate modern usage (“in slang,” say) or abbreviation (“for short,” for one). And when a ...

Despite the archaic look of the word, with its folksy apostrophe, the widespread adoption of “nor’easter” is a relatively recent trend.

Zoomers, we have bad news: your six or seven minutes in the vanguard of the cultural zeitgeist are officially over. The New York Times has published a fresh guide to Gen Z slang. It’s all downhill ...

In a moment when so much public language feels weaponized, inflated, or deliberately starved of truth, there is something quietly radical about the practice of teaching a word. Trying it ...

What do you envision when you think of meekness? You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will of the stronger. When Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall ...

All of the customary positive energy and vibes from the opening rally cries and first full-squad workout were dampened by ...