It’s happening in Mandarin Chinese as well, with the new character X也, which combines the Roman letter X with an element that ...

As today’s Word of the Day, sesquipedalian reminds us that language is elastic. It can be stretched, compressed, embellished or stripped bare.

What’s in a name?” That which we call a good, by any other name, would it be as valuable? Conceiving a trademark is much like ...

No position on the football pitch has evolved so much in the last 20 years as that of the goalkeeper. In FC Bayern members' ...

Word of the day: SUPPLIANT Pronunciation: sup·pli·ant UK /ˈsʌp.li.ənt/ and US /ˈsʌp.li.ənt/ A suppliant is a person who humbly begs or earnestly requests something, often showing submission or ...

Follow live coverage from NBC News as President Donald Trump launches his Board of Peace at Davos and Denmark, Greenland ...

People can be cruel, and it's evident by the words they use. Unfortunately, people with zero empathy almost always use these 11 phrases when they talk to you.

Jack Smith appeared in front of Congress to testify publicly today, saying that he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" of ...

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL).

During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the mother's ...

In the second line of the Hebrew Bible, before light, before land, before anything with a respectable shape, the world is ...

Casagrande writes that using the correct adverb to modify a verb can often be a swing and miss — just like in baseball.