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Every writing system represents speech a little differently, and no system is completely faithful to how words are actually pronounced. For over a century, the International Phonetic Alphabet has tried to remedy this situation by providing a way to accura
‘Mom Jeans’ and ‘Ghosting’ Among New Terms Added to Dictionary.com
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17 Scrumptious Ice Cream Idioms from All Over the U.S.
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14 Old Words for Stinky Stuff That We Should Bring Back
The vast history of English has more than a few options for describing the non-musical kind of funkiness.
Why Do We Refer to Splitting a Bill as "Going Dutch"?
The concept dates back nearly 150 years, and refers to a point of pride among German immigrants.
11 of Canada’s Weirdest Demonyms
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Replace the Word Very with One of These 128 Modifiers
We're really, truly, highly interested in helping you improve that lazy vocabulary.
Just How Magic a Word Is “Abracadabra”?
It was once believed to be genuinely, miraculously, magic.
8 Terms for Enjoying Something (And the Subtle Differences Between Them)
English conveniently offers a long list of nouns you can use to describe what kind of enjoyer you are: aficionado, enthusiast, buff, connoisseur, fanatic, fan, freak, nut. But they aren't all just interchangeable synonyms. Each carries connotations that y
15 Pudding Cups of British Pudding Terms and Idioms
In the U.S., pudding has a relatively small life, nutritionally and lexically. But when you look back at jolly old England, this seemingly one-dimensional word has lived a vibrant life in metaphors and idioms.
5 Essential Types of Words That Some Languages Do Without
Some languages lack what we might consider the most fundamental words—yet somehow manage to get by without them.
Birds Use ‘Baby Talk’ to Teach Songs to Their Young
A study found that adult zebra finches speak differently to baby birds than they do to one another, and that their repetitive language seemed to help the young birds learn to sing.
Raising a DeafBlind Baby
Clarisa Vollmar is not quite one year old but already has a worldwide Facebook following of more than 30,000 fans.
10 Terms That Came From Theater
Let's raise the curtain on 'barnstorming,' 'catastrophe,' and other terms that have their origins in the theater.
Is it Anxiety-Ridden or -Riddled?
Don't let this question leave you … with anxiety.
8 Words You Might Not Know Were Named for Scientists
These words' scientific namesakes have been hiding in plain sight.
The Biggest Changes on the New SSA Baby Name List
Say goodbye to Kale.
The 9 Best Parts of a Legal Brief on Behalf of Klingon Speakers
The plaintiffs in this case should have known better than to mess with the Klingons.
20 Fierce Dothraki Terms to Know for Game of Thrones
Soon you'll be to ready to vasterat with Khaleesi, Khal Moro, and the rest of the horselord gang.
Qur’an Memorizers Who Don’t Speak Arabic Learn Grammar from Statistics Alone
People, even as babies, are good at pulling out grammatical structure from patterned data.
10 Ridiculously Precise Units of Measurement
A Smoot—which equals 5 feet, 7 inches—isn't the only really precise unit of measurement out there.
17 Utterly Charming Articles on Scots Wikipedia
Scots is close to Standard English in the way Norwegian is close to Danish, which is to say, they are pretty much mutually intelligible. It’s possible to read the Scots Wikipedia and understand nearly everything, but there’s just enough unfamiliar vocabul
8 Languages With Different Names for the Hogwarts Houses
The Hogwarts houses in Harry Potter stay pretty much the same in most of translations of the books—but some languages go a different way.