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 ...

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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 ...

While certain terms come from streaming platforms like YouTube and Twitch, a lot of them actually originate from queer culture and African American Vernacular English (AAVE), an English-speaking ...

Dictionary Day on October 16 celebrates the birth of Noah Webster, an American writer who was born in 1758. Webster is best-known for publishing the first dictionary in 1806, which he continued to ...

Football has new terms nowadays including false nine, inverted full-backs, transitions and counter-pressing - but what do ...