The annual list of bannable vocabulary emerged from the Upper Peninsula once again on New Year's Day. It was yet another tribute to literacy, the English language, and four words rarely linked ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say “6-7” is “cooked” and should ...

Stokes led the tourists to their first Test victory in Australia since January 2011. Captain Ben Stokes marked the end of ...

Words are not random units. Rather, they follow hidden linguistic structures that demonstrate how language generates meaning ...

The word Yuletide is used a lot around Christmas time, but it turns out many people have no idea what the word actually means ...

According to the police report, the warden said nurses reported Bayati appeared to be intoxicated and had just completed a root canal on a patient.

The word “yuletide” is a noun that is defined as Christmas and the surrounding days, including all of its festivities. The ...

Yuletide, on the other hand, dates back to the ancient roots of our language. Tide in this context just means "time," while ...

After President Donald Trump used the word “retarded” recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge. A new report finds that a ...

There's always that one friend who pulls out random big words in the middle of a casual sentence. To them, it feels natural, even if it leaves others standing around with a puzzled look. It's almost ...

The sight of the slur shocked and alarmed the mother of a young boy with special needs. Kimberly Steffes of Joliet never imagined a sitting president would use the “R-word,” a derogatory term long ...

Are too many filler words detracting from your message when you give presentations or pitch investors or customers? Punctuating your message with words and phrases such as “um,” “uh,” “you know,” ...