List of All Articles with Tag 'words'

There are only so many ways to say “it’s cold outside,” which is why it’s time to supplement your vocabulary with these vintage words and phrases related to winter.

Whether they like books or word games, there's something on this list for the logophile in your life.

You might know everything there is to know about New York City slang, but the moment you leave the city, fuhgeddaboudit. Upstate New York has its own set of regional colloquialisms, often depending on which area of the state you’re in.

The day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, has a rather sinister label: Black Friday. How did that happen?

Germany is the land of Oktoberfest, Christmas markets, and super literal compound words like Glühbirne (“glow pear,” a.k.a. “lightbulb”) and Baumwolle (“tree wool,” otherwise known as cotton).

Before you talk turkey this Thanksgiving, find out what we know about the phrase’s meaning and origins.

Here’s something else to stress about for Thanksgiving.

The lawsuit says four of the largest social media firms knowingly expose children to harmful products.

Dropping that ‘t’ sound is an example of what linguists call glottalization, or replacing a sound with a pause in the vocal cords.

The word predates social media.

We’ve used the term ‘rat’ to refer to an informer since approximately 1910. But criminals have had many more names for snitches over the years.

Take a look at these 13 names from across the world that describe sleep paralysis and the demon once believed to cause it.