Before writer-politician Shashi Tharoor made his presence felt at The Hindu’s annual literary extravaganza Lit for Life on ...

National Thesaurus Day, on January 18th, honors Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...

It's a good time of the year to be messing around with words. The dark days of December bring the annual "best of" ...

Happy New Year, Scrolling in the Deepers! It’s 2025, which marks the official start of Generation Beta, ushering in the ...

David Smyth joined team RW to experience the first UK Ekiden and delves into the history, culture and significance of the long-distance relay race format, which is the centrepiece of Japanese running ...

“Hack,” “impact,” “slay,” “iconic,” and “rizz” dominated Lake Superior State University’s 2024 list of banished words. This ...

The Oxford University Press uses lexicographers —people who author dictionaries — to track which words or phrases were most used and that most reflect the last 12 months. Brain rot’s usage increased ...

22 Nigerian words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in the latest update.

Sutton Hoo, located near the North Sea in Suffolk, was first uncovered in the late 1930s. Named after Old English words ...

Dudes, dudines and dudettes of Australia, we need to talk about border security. Our long-time frenemies—the Americans (hey ...