Every region has its own slang, and the Midwest is a fascinating example, with odes to European heritage and polite verbal ...
The Greek and Japanese languages have some remarkable and intresting similarities that not many people are aware of.
Think back to middle school algebra, like 2 a + b. Those letters are parameters: Assign them values and you get a result. In ...
Islamic scholars leave no room for ambiguity when condemning terrorism. Brutality in the name of religion is categorically ...
Year-of-the-Horse-themed products have taken center stage as the Lunar New Year approaches for different brands. Phrases ...
Explore the meaning, benefits, and challenges of being an absentee landlord in real estate. Learn how they operate and what ...
Language often gives us words that quietly describe the fabric of everyday life, and quotidian is one such word. Though it ...
New year, new list of obnoxious slang terms proliferating society — from mind-numbing rap song catch phrases to good words ...
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Some words are on the money. When the word "farm" entered English during the 1200s, for instance, it had more to do with ...
Chances are you’ve heard some of these terms over the past year—whether you understood what they meant or not.
Redact” once meant to edit. But around the middle of the 20th century, it began to refer to one particular kind of editing. Instead of coherence, the point was concealment.
Since the Trump regime’s recent assault on Venezuela, a lot of Americans have been talking more about the nature of their ...