Every year, Germany selects their annual ‘Youth Word of the Year’, which is voted for by youngsters around the country. View ...

Tolkien took the drama of the word “catastrophe” and turned it on its head by adding eu, meaning “good”. A eucatastrophe is a ...

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

As the award celebrates its 20th anniversary, Fiona McPherson, a senior editor in the New Words team of the Oxford English ...

The noun beffa is often used as part of a popular Italian expression: oltre al danno anche la beffa, which is usually ...

He went on to explain that it was a corrupted portmanteau of the German schlim (meaning “slim”) and the Hebrew mazzal ...

In Old English, the word man was a general word for people. The word for man as in male was wer. Wer really only survives in ...

The lines between what’s morbidly fascinating and sexually appealing are blurred when it comes to this Spanish word.

As Victoria’s year 12s prepare for the VCE English exam, examiners, head teachers, tutors and former star pupils have revealed their insider tips, tricks and traps to help students ace the test. In ...

The Telugu language faces significant challenges due to a preference for English, lack of vocabulary standardization, and ...

Some words, like ‘motel,’ ‘brunch,’ and ‘sitcom,’ are obvious portmanteaux. But the portmanteaux on this list are undercover.