Gen Alpha has developed a lexicon partly coined from "brain rot," a term for the mindless, addictive digital content consumed on the internet, particularly from TikTok and Twitch.

The conventional grammar wisdom is that turning verbs into nouns — or what is termed “nominalization” in linguistics — is bad for the health of one's prose. The evidence is painfully clear. Take this ...

"Reiterate" (verb) means to say or do something again, often for emphasis or clarity. It's used when you want to make sure a ...

"Cajole" (verb) means to persuade someone gently or through flattery, often in a clever or coaxing way. It's used when someone is convinced to do something by compliments, promises, or playful ...

Bronson Williams is supporting Carl Revis over Charles “Verb” Roberson in the runoff election to fill the Ward 3 seat on the ...

Baird, B. , Bryan, J. , D’Urso, P. and Pernsteiner, C. (2025) Associative Cognitive Function of Language Found in the ...

Sound familiar? You have a solid vocabulary, you understand verb tenses, but when you start speaking, something goes wrong. People ask you to repeat yourself, you mix up words, and you feel like you ...

Pash – on the other hand – is perfect. It’s a shortening of “passion”, a term freighted with romance and heightened feelings ...

In a letter to someone in a position of power who received a degree from the same institution, Rachel Toor pleads with a ...

In homes and workplaces across Germany, a good command of the passive voice is indispensable if you don't know who was ...

Recently I came across a paper I wrote 60 years ago, in 1965, when I was a freshman at Cooperstown Central School. The English teacher required every ninth-grader to write an autobiography. I thought ...

Not a 30-day boot camp to build a new you. Not new year resolutions that you have to wait until January to make – and then ...