Brunch, motel, Pokémon—portmanteau words are everywhere! Here's which of your favorite terms are actually clever word mashups.

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In a May 29, 2025 paper, a group of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology proposed a method to improve AI translation performance in large language models (LLMs) by addressing a common ...

In particular, multiple studies have shown that orthographic-semantic (O-S) consistency—how similar in meaning a word is to its orthographically similar neighbors—plays a crucial role in how ...

Like any self-respecting four-letter word, "nice" has many connotations. Centuries ago, "nice" meant someone was ignorant; now it has very different meanings. And that, as they say, is "noice." ...

The winning word, éclaircissement, was one Zaki told news outlets he "instantly" recognized. While its prefix may conjure images of the chocolate-drizzled pastries known as éclairs, the term ...

In this paper, the semantic similarity of words organized according to a taxonomy is investigated. For this purpose, word senses are fundamental, and word senses depend on contexts. In general, in the ...

Such are the multiple meanings of Israel that Paul is able to play on words and write, “For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel” (Romans 9:6 NIV), with two meanings of Israel in the same ...

They will then answer six to nine multiple-choice or technology enhanced questions for each reading selection. Note that poetry is only included for middle school students. End-of-Grade (EOG) Tests ...