The word ‘meekness’ might seem old-fashioned – and not a positive trait. But understanding its original meaning can identify ...

The challenge last time was to come up with a term for “that last bit of dessert or food that people are too polite/afraid to ...

Longtime solvers become fluent in the syntax of crossword clues. There are the qualifiers after commas that indicate modern usage (“in slang,” say) or abbreviation (“for short,” for one). And when a ...

Fisticuffs, a noun for a physical fight using fists, is commonly used in news and informal conversation. Originating in the ...

The Last Jedi was a bold Star Wars movie, and arguing it's a great one is also bold, but there are reasons why it should be ...

The associate justice’s dissent in the tariffs case deserves some extra attention, because it his hopelessly uncoupled from ...

Gum stumps are usually hollow, and so this saying implies doing something futile that wastes time and effort. This article ...

Bitcoin traders reacted accordingly. Since Friday, put options at strike prices of $58,000, $60,000 and $62,000 have seen the ...

The Supreme Court’s nixing of US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs is throwing fresh confusion over the raft of trade deals negotiated by global partners as the inescapable reality of ...

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The term has existed in multiple variations in the algorithm for years. It has proliferated in recent times in the so-called ...