Perhaps the most contentious choice in 2025 was “6-7,” chosen by Dictionary.com. In this case, the controversy has to do with ...

A large study of 800 adults shows that pragmatic language skills—the ability to understand sarcasm, indirect requests, tone, ...

Even if you’re not a full-blown grammar nerd, you’ll find the origins of these words that changed meaning over time completely fascinating The English language is alive—and like any living thing, it ...

In the brain, language pops up everywhere. All across the wrinkly expanse of the brain’s outer layer, a constellation of different regions handle the meaning of language, scientists report online ...

It’s time to brush up on the art of the sniglet, because ‘Wicked: For Good’ is about to bring familiar yet fantastical and ...

Even if you don't know the meaning of the Oxford University Press' word of the year for 2025, you've probably been a victim ...

Thanks to the evolution of language, technology, and lots of hyperbole, these words used to convey a lot more merit, emotion, or simply seriousness than they do nowadays. Ah, “genius.” Once reserved ...

According to Oxford, the term "rage bait" was first used online in 2002 in reference to the reaction of a driver who is ...

It’s like Google Maps for your cerebral cortex: A new interactive atlas, developed with the help of such unlikely tools as public radio podcasts and Wikipedia, purports to show which bits of your ...

Jessica Blythe receives funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Christine Daigle receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is an ...