WORDS

Sorry to break it to you, but ‘mischievous’ isn’t “miss-CHEE-vee-uss,” and ‘boatswain’ isn’t “BOAT-swain.” We’re breaking it all down in the latest episode of The List Show on YouTube.

If you’ve ever been jinxed into owing someone a soda, you should know why.

From worthless trinkets to misnamed chickens, here are the histories and etymologies of 13 Christmassy words.

George Orwell brought a vocabulary fit for a dystopia into the world. Corporate jargon sounds eerily similar.

Those brightly wrapped packages we exchange around the holidays and other special occasions: Sometimes we call them “gifts,” sometimes “presents.” Is there a difference?

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

The six-sided tool helped make IKEA a household name. But did anyone named Allen have anything to do with it?

Here are 2024's trickiest terms to say, half of which are famous names.

Use them while you're talking turkey.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

You can binge Netflix in any room you like, but there are some key differences between these living areas.

To get to the answer, we need to discuss Latin, wooden stakes, Catherine the Great, and, of course, Shakespeare.