Here's presenter Michael Rosen and linguist Derek Bousfield discussing one example of hyperbole on BBC Radio 4's Word of ...

When you start using these words intentionally, motivation in life starts feeling sustainable — something you return to even ...

Dr. Anastasia Riehl is leading the effort to craft the first new Canadian English dictionary in decades, an update that ...

Words such as abeg, biko, nyash, amala, Afrobeats and Ghana Must Go now appear alongside traditional English entries, ...

It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the ...

Language has such a delightful way of capturing sensations, and one of the more expressive words is \"scrumptious.\" ...

There are many ways to describe the English language, but one word that describes its characteristics best is rich. The ...

From “rage bait” to “aura-farming,” tracking words on the rise this year reveals how the internet and AI are reshaping ...

Explore the meaning of 'lenity'—its Latin roots in softness, its role as merciful judgment, and how this quality of ...

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

James Carville criticized Democratic messaging on transgender athletes as ineffective, claiming poor communication has harmed ...

All the president’s excesses, ranging from his provocative threats to rude mockery, hurtful comparisons, and public contempt, ...