The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world ...

In the aftermath of the recent U.S. military strikes on Iran, one truth stands out above all: language is not just a means of communication—it is the lens through which we interpret, react to, and ...

Since 2007, the @everyword Twitter account has been tweeting out every single word in the English language. This morning, after tweeting one word every half hour for for the last seven years, the ...

A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and virtually every language and culture formally disapproves of them. But that doesn’t stop them ...