Below are 12 Shakespearean words that quietly changed their meaning over the last few centuries. In Shakespeare's time, ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

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

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

Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian ...

It can be surprising to discover that the English language sometimes has pleasant surprises in words pronounced one way but ...

The word “festoon” is a noun defined as a chain or garland of flowers, leaves or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration. It ...

Wassail — from a greeting meaning “be in good health” — evokes some kind of ancient holiday tradition. But its particulars, like the spiced beverage, can be cloudy.

Arabic is spoken by more than 400 million people. Can you recognise these Arabic words that made their way into English?

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...