Some holiday words have more than one meaning, like "trim" the tree. And some meanings have more than one word, like "gift" ...

Liberals and conservatives often seem to speak different languages. A new study using artificial intelligence says that is now literally true. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University collected more ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — With a San Angelo local heading to Maryland for the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, here is a list of the most misspelled words for each U.S. state.

On Jan. 31, the world was rocked by an announcement from The New York Times. Well, the Wordle-playing world. The newspaper announced it had bought Wordle, the daily word game that skyrocketed in ...

FARGO - "You say I'm a bitch like it's a bad thing." Well, most people still think it's a bad thing. But some women have been using the word as a title of empowerment or a term of affection rather ...

Dogs' brains cannot distinguish words that differ by a single speech sound, such as "sit" versus "set." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Before reaching the entrance of Planet Word, Washington, D.C.’s new museum of language, visitors pass by an enormous sculptural weeping willow (designed by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer), its branches ...