At its most basic, dude just means a guy or a person (“that dude over there”). But dude is one of the most versatile words in the English language. It can be a noun, an exclamation (“Dude!”) or even a ...
People made a terrible fuss when Dictionary.com named “6–7” its word of the year. Brain rot, people said. Language has gone ...
Every region has its own slang, and the Midwest is a fascinating example, with odes to European heritage and polite verbal ...
Tackling this culminating challenge in the company of his beloved Beatrice, who inspired the poem, Dante must trasumanar, a ...
'For half a century, the Banished Words List has served as a reminder that language is always evolving,' they said. Topping ...
From the East Coast to the Midwest and beyond, these 10 regional slang terms reveal how language changes across the United ...
With lies you may get ahead in the world – but you can never go back” – Russian Proverb Our Caricom neighbour, Trinidad and Tobago – like us in Guyana, ...
As young men face new rules forcing them to indicate their readiness to serve, the Bundeswehr drums up support at a trade show ...
If you’re a parent who hasn’t lost count of how many times you’ve asked your child, “Sorry… what does that mean?” this year, ...
Every language, every culture, every era has its own slang, and as these terms come and go, language expands and becomes more colorful. The proof is in the work of Jonathon Green, a.k.a. “Mister Slang ...
When Germany declared war on Russia in August 1914, Erich Maria Remarque was 16 years old. Growing up in Osnabrueck, near the Dutch border, he’d harbored literary aspirations. But he was training to ...