What’s the opposite of disgruntled? Chances are you’re thinking the answer should rightly be gruntled—but is that really a word you recognize? The problem here is that disgruntled, alongside the likes ...

If you're the sort of person who gets bent out of shape over the misuse of words like less and fewer, if you hate that literally no longer means literally, and if you could stand to care less about ...

Has anyone ever wished you a sick time, or said you make a mean revision timetable? You probably already know they weren’t being rude, but you may not know they were using a contronym. Contronyms are ...

Your mom asked you to pick up shelled pistachios at the store, but you’d better ask whether she wants nuts still in their shells or those with their shells already removed. Because the word shelled ...

Plenty of antonyms are as straightforward as they seem: inside versus outside, agree versus disagree, and so forth. But ...

Fans of ancient history may have thrilled to the news in the New York Times that a mystery was solved: “A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids.” A new study, the subheading ...

Innovation is an essential part of our lives. When we accept things as they are given on our plate, we never grow in life. Innovation requires one to apply one's creative mind and alter what is ...