List of All Articles with Tag 'words'

The f-word is often thought of as the most useful and flexible word in English. Whether that’s true or not, the term is so successful that it’s spawned dozens of euphemisms. Here are a few of them.

Here’s why some homophone examples also work as homograph and homonym examples.

If you want to take your Spanish to the next level (or el siguiente nivel), why not brush up on these idioms?

Is it coleslaw or cold slaw? Deep-seated or deep-seeded? There are right answers, but the wrong ones seem kind of right, too.

Sometimes words move up in the world. Their meanings change with time, becoming more positive—a process linguists call amelioration.

Poignant, funny, sad, weird, or mean—last words can make quite the impact as we shuffle off the stage of life. Here are 65 notable examples.

The ‘laying vs. lying’ situation is tricky—but direct objects can help.

In Wha Kim spends her lunch break introducing Peterborough pupils to Korean language and culture.

If you guessed someone would suggest ‘Gritty Sitty,’ you are absolutely right.

In this episode of The List Show, episode, we're breaking out some favorite old-timey insults that people should definitely start using again.

The connections between words aren’t always as straightforward as the link between run and runner; often, figuring them out requires the subtle unraveling of linguistic evolution, the kind of detective work that makes etymology so fascinating.

Back in 1919, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. sort of made it seem like it was against the law to yell “fire“ while in a crowded theater, so we understand if you’re confused.