This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. ... Words must be used many times to say what they were not created to say, before they lose meaning.

The writers who create large bodies of new words tend to be those who are creating a world apart, whether it is Orwellian (Big Brother, 1984, “doublethink,” “newspeak”) or one seen through ...

In honor of the 10th anniversary of Oprah Magazine the editors compiled inspirational quotes from people such as Virgil, Martin Luther King, Jr., Cecil Beaton and others to create "Words That Matter." ...

A new study has revealed the most popular slang words in America for 2024. In a photo illustration, a Merriam-Webster's dictionary is seen placed on a lawn on January 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Joel Fagliano knows how to listen. By Caitlin Lovinger SUNDAY PUZZLE — Yep, there’s no theme today, and there aren’t many entries, either — 124, which is tied for a record low Sunday word ...

How many words does the average English speaker know? So, if a million words is the absolute upper echelon, how does that compare with the approximate vocabulary of most English speakers?

DFW: I don’t think magazines—I think maybe the New Yorker pays by the word, but I’ve never done anything for the New Yorker. No, Harper’s pays, Harper’s pays I think like 2,500 or 3,000.

We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow. This notorious claim has long been distorted and exaggerated.

Worse still, many words, including simple ones like “force” and “mass”, don’t even signify what physicists originally intended. Consequently, the language we use… Advertisement ...

Biggie Smalls‘ estate is partnering with Budweiser to honor the hip-hop legend … and to bring back Word Up! magazine for a short run. Both parties are releasing a limited-edition revival of ...