During his remarks at the White House in December, President Trump claimed that affordability is a "con job." Trump stated, ...

Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, ...

Humans ask what things mean. Animals move on. That difference explains both our brilliance and much of our psychological ...

Research shows that people with dementia often harness metaphor to communicate experiences in their desperate bids to remain ...

anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics. In AI, this can include believing a ...

These words don’t mean what they once did centuries ago. In Shakespeare’s time, “cunning” simply meant clever or intellectually sharp, without any shady undertones. Today, calling someone cunning ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word 'Run' holds 645 distinct meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary’s upcoming ...

You may think you have an impressive vocabulary, but it’s about time to put that confidence to the test. This vocabulary quiz has 26 smart words – from ‘besotted’ to ‘facetious’, from ‘quintessential’ ...

In a language full of straightforward synonyms for “positive,” one word stands out for its surprising double-meaning: “sanguine.” How did a term that once described the bodily fluids governing human ...

How did a term that once described the bodily fluids governing human temperament evolve over time to represent cheerful confidence? The answer leads us through medieval medicine, Shakespeare and ...

OpenAI’s social app Sora launched with a controversial feature called Cameo, allowing users to deepfake themselves or others (with permission). The feature had a tenuous rollout — Martin Luther King ...

Whether you have buddies in the military or have watched a ton of war movies, you've probably heard several phrases that you didn't understand off the bat. There is a shorthand often used by the ...