Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

The English language is a treasure trove of words that not only sound beautiful but also convey complex, nuanced meanings.

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Many people use simple English words every day, but many of them use these words in the wrong way. This happens because these ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The English language is, indeed, a quirky one: it's notoriously difficult to learn, and often words have more than one meaning. Some of these ...

It's the most frequent word in the English language, accounting for around four percent of all the words we write or speak. It's everywhere, all the time, so clearly it must be doing something ...

Before a thought becomes fully formed — before a movement finds its shape or an idea gains its edges —it exists in a hazy, ...

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Dictionary of Untranslatables is a word-lovers dream: over a thousand pages of lexical discoveries and mysteries, histories and evolutions. Edited by Barbara Cassin, Emily Apter, Jacques Lezra, and ...