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The oft-derided font is valued in the dyslexic community.

The only word that matters to the spellers in the 90th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is: champion.

Whether you’re enjoying a movie or eating your feelings, it’s hard to resist a good munch—or as the kids say these days, a nom nom nom. So why not learn about some old words for munching while polishing off those potato chips?

What kind of mating is a checkmate? What kind of hair is mohair? What does a fanfare have to do with fans? It all makes sense when you go back to the Arabic roots of these words.

There’s something to be said for old-fashioned exclamations—the more colorful the better.

A new dataset makes use of the fact that on Reddit, users tag their own comments as sarcastic.

Now that spring is here, no matter how committed you are to cars, it’s hard to resist an occasional mosey or stroll.

Three sheets to the wind, seeing double, and tanked are just the beginning of these tipsy terms from around the U.S.

Canadian English enthusiasts rejoice! For the first time since 1967, A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles has gotten a major update.

'Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries' is a captivating inside look at the job of dictionary making from both a personal and historical angle.

While it’s easy to understand how the characters in 'The Breakfast Club' felt, sometimes it wasn’t so easy to understand what they were saying.