Even if you’re not a full-blown grammar nerd, you’ll find the origins of these words that changed meaning over time completely fascinating The English language is alive—and like any living thing, it ...

Hip-hop has influenced pop culture like no other genre has over the last 30 years. Originating in the slums of the South Bronx in New York City, the five elements of hip-hop have permeated throughout ...

Birds used to tweet. Now humans do. The friend of the past was someone with whom you shared secrets and meals. It's now a verb for connecting with someone on social media. Those are just two of the ...

Occasionally you will encounter someone with an etymological axe to grind. They insist that a certain word has to mean just what it meant hundreds of years ago when it was first spoken: For example, ...

With analysts and vendors using "technical debt" and other phrases to mean whatever they want them to mean, someone has to defend the language. IT loves buzzwords. But it is now becoming frightfully ...

With how fast the Scots are known for talking, many people across the seas - and even a few miles south of the border - may struggle at times to understand exactly what we are saying. Although accents ...

The words people search for on Google show us what's happening in the world and what people are curious about. In 2025, the ...