It was officially recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2016. According to OED, the word lepak means "to ...

One important rule of writing, one I too often break, is to choose words carefully with the intended audience in mind. For ...

For teachers, the numbers six and seven have suddenly taken on a new—and dreaded—significance this school year. From French class to gym class, students are frequently saying (or shouting) “six-seven” ...

An author I enjoy reading is Simon Winchester. One of his books, “The Professor and the Madman,” is about the origination of ...

Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...

Dictionary.com's word of the year isn't even really a word. It's the viral term "6-7" that kids and teenagers can't stop ...

Just outside the city is rolling countryside, with shopping villages of independent stores, the National Memorial Arboretum, ...

Mike accepts the offer. Opening the box is only the beginning of what becomes a quest to correct an ancient wrong, a journey ...

Others may be more compelled by a deep dive into the ways social media is transforming English or how artificial intelligence ...

"Neurodivergent" is not just a way to describe medical diagnoses like autism and ADHD. It encompasses a range of ways in ...

Of all languages, English has the weirdest vocabulary – and it’s getting weirder “’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:/All mimsy were the borogoves,/And the mome raths ...

Gary Gulman has always had a touch of intellectual insecurity. Back in his days at Boston College, he remembers being acutely ...