The meaning of “problem” we now think of most immediately, as something that troubles us or a sticky situation, evolved from ...

While artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of automation or productivity, its potential as a creative and ...

Learn about the origins and meanings of words like 'widow', 'spinster', 'debut', and 'put your thumb on the scale'.

English vocabulary expands rapidly, with thousands of new words emerging annually. A strong command of language enhances ...

From The Fresno Bee Editorial Board: "As parents tell misbehaving youngsters, both sides need to make nice and learn how to ...

Whether our Western political systems are true democracies or republics can be answered by examining ancient Greek philosophy ...

You know Mark Twain’s story. You’ve got no excuse not to; there have been so many biographies. Starting in the American South ...

The Commercial Appeal has put together a little cheat sheet of sorts to help readers understand commonly used phrases ...

Like any self-respecting four-letter word, "nice" has many connotations. Centuries ago, "nice" meant someone was ignorant; ...

The Post’s reporting about Democrats’ debate over language hits at a core tension that the party is facing as it struggles to ...

Knowing the “Auld Lang Syne” meaning will help you be better prepared to sing it on New Year’s. Here are the English lyrics to all five verses of Burns’s “Auld Lang Syne.” ...

Feifei has some advice about what he should eat next – and you can learn it too in this episode of The English We Speak ... The phrase ‘eat your words’ means you will have to admit you ...