WORDS

The term has been around as long as Hollywood itself.

"Hayride" is a misnomer.

The short answer? Because English can’t leave well enough alone.

At first glance, a dictionary seems pretty straightforward: Words are listed alphabetically, and you simply locate the right page and scan until you find the word you’re looking for. But there’s a lot you might not know about these essential reference too

There's also a new U-less Q word to play.

A great gift for grammarphobes.

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! Let’s hoist the Jolly Roger, break out the rum, and look back at the holiday’s timber-shivering history.

Television can be a hotbed of creativity (or mediocrity, depending on who you ask). But it's not just characters and storylines writers are coming up with—they also coin words.

"Fave" is new to the dictionary, but it dates back to 1938.

Hunting for new ways to express yourself that don't involve emojis? Look no further than these charming words and phrases hailing from the land of fire and ice.

Would you recoil in terror if spell-check ever stopped working? Fear not: You're in good company.

A group of mathematicians at the University of Vermont published a paper on positivity in the English language.