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Winter is here—and if the bad weather catches up with you, you might find these words indispensable.

Chances are you’ve heard some of these terms over the past year—whether you understood what they meant or not.

Is it bald faced lie, or bold faced lie? Coming down the pike? Or pipe? Coleslaw, or cold slaw?

These familiar words and sayings, such as ableism, couch potato, and more, aren’t as old as you might think.

When winter bears down, it can be hard to think of anything outside of how much you hate (or love!) the snow and ice. Here are a few of the words and phenomena that could define this season.

You might be surprised to learn that German chocolate cake has nothing to do with Germany—it’s actually named after the guy who developed the specific chocolate.

These words don’t mean what they once did centuries ago.

No word on how Santa feels about the Jolly Green Giant’s appropriation of his trademark phrase.

Take a moment to enjoy the advent of the colder months by curling up with these 14 words for winter from around the world.

Looking back at where the word “Christmas” came from and how it became popularized.

The word ‘yule’ gets thrown around a lot during the Christmas season, but what does it even mean? Well, like so many of the holiday’s traditions, its origins are a bit complex.

Ever wonder where slang terms like snafu, valley girl, and dumpster fire came from?

Nobody will think you’re talking about baseball season, open season, or any other season. But why?

Our languages vary, but we may not be that different after all. From the word “huh” to how we come up with the names of colors, here are five speech quirks that are nearly universal.

The English language is bursting with colorful expressions that come from strange and surprising places—and many of them once had literal meanings that the general public has long since forgotten.