If you need the perfect insult for your enemies (or just your SO when they steal the TV remote) or a gorgeous word to describe your special someone, it's time to look beyond the everyday, boring terms ...

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Certain words get up my nose. A current one is the much used “iteration”. For no particular reason I feel like spitting it out whenever it crosses my vision. It lacks grace or elegance, such as in ...

Although we call the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons “Old English,” English speakers today won’t find much in common between it and the language we have now. More than 1000 years ago, English was ...

125 Beautiful 'Old English' Names for Your Little Boy or Girl originally appeared on Parade. Not everyone parents the same way, in much the same way that not everyone's taste is the same. And that ...

We often hear fascinating stories about how things originated: the universe, the wheel, even pizza. But when it comes to the ...

When something—say, a canyon or mistake—is truly enormous, the same old small time words like colossal and massive don’t always get the job done. Fortunately, there are plenty of older, rarer words ...

Language is like a living organism, it changes, grow, and evolves over time. And yet, a few words from times long past have been able to continue being a part of our everyday language, testifying that ...

According to Melissa Mohr, author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing, the word “fuck” came from German, Swedish, and Dutch words that meant “to strike” or “to move back and forth.” The word ...

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