Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...

I read three books during my trip to Europe and wrote down phrases that I found interesting and new! By the way, my book is ...

Language preserves history in every word. Many expressions we use today have roots stretching back centuries, surviving through everyday speech and evolving in meaning. These old English phrases ...

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Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...