Some holiday words have more than one meaning, like "trim" the tree. And some meanings have more than one word, like "gift" ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

These New Jersey students pulled off the surprise with the help of their music teacher, who's also the deaf dog's owner. It's ...

On Wednesday, Santa did just that in Sioux Falls. Of all the appearances Santa will make before a trip around he world on ...

The Oxford University Press, which publishes the dictionary, announced that its Word of the Year this year is “rage bait,” which it defines as a noun meaning: “Online content deliberately designed to ...

Cole, a certified therapy dog, recently turned 9 years old Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, ...

That’s a happy dog! You always know when your dog is feeling good. There's always a tell! Some dogs will have big, relaxed body language. While others will have a more direct way of letting you know ...

The English language is certainly bizarre in the best way. Some of it is totally run-of-the-mill, and some of it is full of words that only seem to appear in one extremely specific situation. No one ...

There's a secret list of words you can't say on social media – at least, that's what everyone seems to think. Perhaps you've noticed that people avoid certain words on social media. They'll say ...

If you've heard "goblin mode" or "swiftie" lately, it's thanks to them: Young girls are more innovative with language than any other group, linguists say. Young women check their phones on a fire ...

Those curse words your mother once upon a time told you not to use, or you’ll have to wash your mouth out with soap, are not even considered that bad anymore, according to Gen Z. According to research ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...