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The meaning of your fever dream is probably just this: You have a fever.

How is language evolving on the Internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication.

Estimates vary widely—but it’s generally agreed that your words-per-minute rate for a speech should be lower.

Antidisestablishmentarianism is regarded as the longest non-medical, non-coined, nontechnical word in the English language—and it keeps some robust company.

Greek language employs many sharp, oddly entertaining expressions and phrases, from "black and spidery" to "I ate a door."

Generation Z—that emergent generation of idealists and doomscrollers—are still busy defining themselves. But they definitely want to do something about climate change.

If you've been using the terms pretty much interchangeably, you're technically wrong. But you're not alone.

Keep these F-words in mind if you're flexiloquent.

The wire in ‘down to the wire’ was originally found on a horse racetrack—and ‘home stretch’ didn’t come from baseball.

When does something stink, when did you believe something stank, and when might it have stunk?

If it were up to Alexander Graham Bell, we probably wouldn’t.

How’s your hose? If the question is confusing—or sounds like someone is trying to sell you gardening equipment—you might not be up on your baseball slang. “Ever