List of All Articles with Tag 'words'

Don’t get embarrassed if you can’t spell ‘embarrass.’ It’s apparently—not ‘apparantly’—a pretty common error.

Ever wonder why there’s a ‘k’ in ‘knead,’ or a ‘d’ in ‘Wednesday’? While there isn’t always a good reason for why some English words are spelled the way they are, there are reasons.

If you've ever felt that English could use a couple more tenses to truly capture the nuances of the past, present, and future, this exploration of languages that have taken verb tenses to fascinating new heights is for you.

No, we’re not f***ing lying.

The idiom goes back centuries. And no, it's not 'nipping it in the butt.'

A conlang is a constructed language, where someone has intentionally created its grammar, vocabulary, and phonology. Here are five you can learn.

You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’

The world is heating up, and things are often on fire—literally. As we do what we can to squelch the flames, check out some old and obscure words people of the past used when they wanted to talk about all things fire.

‘For Pete’s sake’ originated around the early 20th century, but the Pete in question may have lived long before that.

Get up to speed on your car lingo.

Tony Bennett's wife and son are sharing some of their final memories of him.

While your Deaf friends might get a good laugh when you accidentally sign “f**k you” instead of “thank you,” it’s still best to know the correct signs when interacting within the Deaf community.