Word of the Day: Discombobulate reminds readers that English vocabulary is not only rich and precise but also capable of ...

From "thrasonical" to "contumelious," these words are certainly unique ways to call out arrogant folks.

There is a quiet smile often hidden away when this writer watches old grandmothers try to make conversation with their Gen ...

Finnish happiness expresses itself in one little word, onni – and a host of other words and expressions derived from it.

I’d like to think my mother tongue is something embedded within my genes, something innate, inevitable and instinctual.

Last week, a panel discussion on the future of the Indian Ocean drew attention in Sri Lanka for an unexpected reason. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Vijitha Herath, was among the participants in what ...

Not long ago, a cellphone was a cell phone. A teenager was a teen-ager. Goodbye was good-bye. A website was a Web site. Legroom was leg room. Words and compounds evolve all the time. But in this ...

The use of language is filled with expressions and ideas that are repeated and repeated without any question or doubt. Some expressions are repeated s.

Blame the Epstein files or even — gulp — newspaper reporters, but the word “tranche” seems to be having a big moment. With roots in the Renaissance and a long history of u ...

After multiple requests from tribal citizens about creating prayers in Okáxpa, Mary Jacobs and others from the Quapaw Nation’s language department took action. “It became an idea last fall because I ...

Sierra Madre Playhouse will present the North American premiere of One Million Words – Rilke, a hit solo show inspired by the groundbreaking work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke created by and starring Ivo ...

But then again, maybe not — when I was interning at a bank this past summer, we got cleared to use Microsoft Copilot in our ...