When you get a cancer screening, you may hear your doctor use phrases and words that are new to you. If you don’t know what they mean, it can be hard to understand what’s happening when you get one of ...

Our modern English word "Noel" is derived from the Middle English word nowel and means "a shout of joy or Christmas song." ...

Few words can do what “lurid” does. It may be a short word, but it packs color, mood and moral judgment in five letters. It’s color gone wrong; it’s fascination turned morbid. The word “lurid” dazzles ...

Last weekend, actress and influencer Julia Fox apologized after she misread a TikToker’s reference to “mascara,” not knowing it was “algospeak” for sexual assault, the latest misunderstanding caused ...

Words that lose their meaning become "skunked" Source: Torli /FreeImages Does “biweekly” mean twice a week, or once every two weeks? If you’re uncertain, a trip to an online dictionary like ...

Depending on how you use it, literally might mean one thing—or the complete opposite. Here's how to use the word without (literally?) losing your cool. Somewhere along the way, things changed. People ...

There are different ways to be smart, as Harvard psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner proposed in 1983 with his theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner believed that there were 8 distinct types of ...