The Scots would like to introduce us to the word coorie as a way to lure visitors to Scotland in the offseason. Yes, you can ...

Mathews Memorial Library visited Mathews Elementary School on Oct. 15, again handing out personal dictionaries to third grade ...

Nick Harkaway grew up hearing his dad read drafts of his George Smiley novels. He picks up le Carré's beloved spymaster ...

a senior editor in the New Words team of the Oxford English Dictionary, said selecting the award involved looking for ...

THE WORD “demure" is old—it describes the sort of modest lady Victorians esteemed—but it is freshly fashionable. There are ...

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Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over terminology and impact — and that’s ...

Vague or technical terms can be challenging, even more so when it comes to Indigenous languages that have only limited ...

The 1944 thriller 'Gaslight' gave rise to a useful new word that describes coercive, toxic relationships in personal life and ...

In my own vigil I’m dealing with the contrary mess of lucked out, a phrase now meaning fortunate as well as its antonym. Just ...