It’s one of the most difficult languages to learn and also the most fun to play with  Years ago Bunny and I were driving with our friends Robin and Annie to their holiday cottage ...

As the first Tribe to cross the Trail of Tears, the Choctaw people endured immense hardship yet kept their heritage alive. Today, that same strength unites more than 230,000 members of the Choctaw ...

Given the current rudeness extant in society, it’s little wonder the Oxford dictionary chose “rage bait” as its word (s) of ...

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

A tureen is a large, deep, covered serving dish, traditionally used to serve soups, stews, or broths at the dining table. The ...

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

Pyromancy refers to the ancient practice of divination—seeking omens, guidance, or spiritual messages by observing the ...

Grody was initially spelled groaty, in the mid-1960s, and it’s basically used to describe something that’s slovenly, dirty, ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.

Discover the Diamond-Water Paradox—why diamonds cost more than water. Learn about subjective value and marginal utility in economic valuation.

In a move likely unsurprising to regular readers of this fine publication, Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'Slop' (via ...