Whether it's bacteria, a city name, or a day of the week, love can be found in unexpected places—including our vocabulary.

The word 'church' in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ...

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In recent years, periodic updates of the Oxford English Dictionary have added many Korean-language words, albeit romanized, ...

The word "sprightly" is an adjective bursting with energy, describing someone or something full of life, bounce, and zest.

It's perhaps one of the nicest sounding words in the Spanish language, but what does this adjective actually mean?

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

Buzz on social media is that two AIs devised their own language. Shocking? End of times? Or might be something more ...

试着大声说‘Doubt（怀疑）'这个字。里头那个‘b'是干什么用的？它有任何意义吗？Gina Cooke 解释’Doubt'这词的漫长而曲折的历史，她同时也说明为什么这次的拼写-虽然看似随机-却留存了其过往时刻中的一瞬。

The English language has absorbed numerous words from Irish, bringing a distinctive Irish charm and cultural nuance ...

Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...