Exhibit vs. Exhibition: What’s the Difference?
You just went to an art exhibit. Or was it an exhibition?
You just went to an art exhibit. Or was it an exhibition?
Loosen up your jaws, lift up those eyebrows, and throw a little phlegm behind it: These 25 common Arabic names are constantly mispronounced.
Start slipping these terms into conversation and watch as your friends bally about how great talking to you is.
If someone handed you an “Alice B. Toklas brownie” in the 1960s, you were in for an extra special treat.
If you want to know what it was like to strike up a casual conversation in this mid-20th-century decade, we’re going to tell it like it is—with a list of the words and phrases any eager beaver would know well. Ready to find out what’s buzzin’, cousin?
Mind your Zs and Qs on National Scrabble Day. And it wouldn't hurt to know your anti-inflammatories.
How did ‘Scrabble’'s makers decide how many points each letter was worth? It started with an unemployed architect during the Great Depression, and it has stayed the same ever since.
The game wouldn't exist if not for a minor plot point in a nearly two-century-old story.
Add these double-letter words to your player vocabulary to take advantage of the multiples on your tile rack.
You can flout these rules, but you can't flaunt them.
Some of our favorite words come from body parts. Scratch your 'caput' over the origins of these anatomically derived terms.
Not all of Shakespeare’s snappiest phrases and expressions caught on.
Language is so deeply embedded in almost every aspect of the way we interact with the world. What would our thoughts be like without it?
No, it's not because of Marvin Gaye.
There are some very specific terms surrounding cow smells, elevation, and a sculpture that killed its own artist.
Nutella isn’t ‘Nut-tella,’ and other lies you’ve been told.
Maryland and New Jersey each have an Ocean City. They’re not the only ones.
There are a few schools of thought. Some have more legs than others—such as those of the restaurant industry—but to this day, there is still no official etymology. Here are a few possibilities.
Are you a woman born in the 1980s? If so, there’s a pretty good chance your name is Jessica.
Stop the presses—there is a rhyme for orange, and for purple. You just have to get creative (and maybe a little scientific).
If you think the pronunciation of the Welsh name ‘Rhys’ matches that of the word ‘rise,’ this article is for you.
From allerednic to yob, these ananyms and semi-ananyms have backed their way into the dictionary.
Sometimes there are words that you've seen, read, and maybe even used in conversation whose meaning you can never keep straight.
Why be boring when there are so many other ways to greet a person and forge a unique connection?