National Thesaurus Day, on January 18th, honors Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day ...

Purcell also points to Hieronymus: Omnium Operum, an academic commentary on the Bible, published in Basle, Switzerland, in ...

King Salman has released a multilingual dictionary of Hajj and Umrah terminology, Azernews reports.

Canadian mining giant Barrick halted its operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks worth $245 million. What's the story behind the Nigerian words added to the Oxford English ...

Director David Lynch, whose works plumbed the dream life of the American unconscious, revealing both joy and the deepest of ...

Two years ago, Li met Hu Xin, now 36, who helped promote nyushu at its Puwei museum. Hu is the youngest designated inheritor ...

The English For Everyone series, co-created by CTPH and UK's DK Publishing, is a comprehensive English learning book series ...

The term “jagoff” is more than just an insult in Pittsburgh. Here, it holds great cultural significance. But that’s not what Pete Hegseth was trying to convey during his U.S. Senate confirmation ...

Step up your game and impress your friends with your knowledge of these sports idioms and terms, plus where they came from.

Words that made the short list for word of the year included brat and resilience which still mean what they’ve always meant. Then there were the “new” words which included ecotarian (someone who ...

"What if we slowed down and savored flavors, smells, and textures?" asks Betsy Andrews as she considers the science behind ...