List of All Articles with Tag 'words'

The word ‘gross,’ which came to English from French, took on a variety of senses in English related to size. But the ‘gross of today is different from the ‘gross’ of the past thanks to teens.

The word predates social media.

We’ve used the term ‘rat’ to refer to an informer since approximately 1910. But criminals have had many more names for snitches over the years.

Take a look at these 13 names from across the world that describe sleep paralysis and the demon once believed to cause it.

Pigeons aren’t known to be particularly talkative birds.

His innovative alphabet brought literacy to a nation.

Whether you call it Mischief Night, Devil's Night, or something else, it all means one thing: wanton destruction of property.

Calling a grandparent 'Grandmother' or 'Grandfather' is so played out.

Getting a concept onto the big screen is a difficult process, and the pilot episode is what can make—or, more often, break—a series. By why is it called that?

Geographers and climatologists have a goody bag full of wonderful words that get super specific about wind.

The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.

What is a placebo? Technically, a Latin phrase meaning ‘I will please.’ It’s also a Catholic prayer and a clever insult.