50 Collective Nouns for Groups of Animals
What's the right way to describe a group of worms? A "bunch" may sound like a lazy descriptor, but it's correct.
2023-06-07 03:50
5 Linguistic Illusions That Will Make You Go “Wait, What?”
Linguistic illusions—a phenomenon in which your judgment or understanding of a sentence or phrase conflicts with its actual meaning or structure—reveal how we process the world, and remind us that things aren’t always as they seem.
2023-06-05 20:28
The #@!*~ Most Swear-Filled TV Show Finales of All Time
The Roy family of 'Succession' is pretty foul-mouthed, but are they the filthiest TV characters?
2023-06-03 06:19
Scholars Have Released the First Words Chosen for The Oxford Dictionary of African American English
The years-in-the-making Oxford Dictionary of African American English will offer proper attribution to words and phrases that originated in Black culture.
2023-06-02 02:29
Where Did the Phrase 'Red Herring' Come From?
The figurative phrase is more than 200 years old, but the obscure etymology of a 'red herring' is a fishy story that is itself a red herring.
2023-06-01 04:16
Have You Been Misled by ‘Misles’? The Linguistics Behind These Commonly Mispronounced Words
Learning how to pronounce ‘biopic’ is one thing. Understanding why it’s such a commonly mispronounced word is another.
2023-05-30 20:28
Oven vs. Stove: What's the Difference?
And how does a range fit into all this?
2023-05-30 01:25
Why Is A Police Officer’s Baton Called a Billy Club?
The baton has been a law enforcement tool for close to two centuries. But did anyone named Billy actually have anything to do with it?
2023-05-26 00:50
13 Old-Timey Synonyms for ‘Hot’ to Bring Back This Summer
Why be sweltering and sunburnt when you can be swoly and birsled instead?
2023-05-22 20:17
Reports of Mark Twain’s Quote About His Own Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” is a little exaggerated itself. Find out the real story behind this famous quote.
2023-05-16 01:23
The Right Way to Pronounce 'Dachshund'
Dachshund is actually made up of two smaller German words (dachs, which means “badger,” and hund, which means “dog”) and it's not pronounced “dash-hound.”
2023-05-15 23:58
Singing the ABCs in 7 Different Languages
English isn’t the only alphabet, and not every alphabet will fit into “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Here are some other songs from around the world to help them learn their ABCs.
2023-05-12 01:48