To speak of “apotheosis” is to ask a deceptively simple question: what does it mean to become ‘the highest form’ of something? The word “apotheosis” invites us to consider perfection, transcendence ...

The Oxford University Press, which publishes the dictionary, announced that its Word of the Year this year is “rage bait,” which it defines as a noun meaning: “Online content deliberately designed to ...

President Donald Trump posted a series of anti-immigration messages on Thanksgiving, one of which included a slur. In a Truth Social post, Trump used the "r-word" to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

The English language is certainly bizarre in the best way. Some of it is totally run-of-the-mill, and some of it is full of words that only seem to appear in one extremely specific situation. No one ...

Have you ever dreamed up an idea so wildly imaginative that it felt impossible? That’s the essence of “chimerical” — something fantastical, unreal or wildly visionary. Call it dreamlike, call it ...

EDMONDS — Art was d’Elaine Herard Johnson’s first language. She was born legally blind, and as a young child she would sculpt objects out of mud and clay. At 4 years old, she started wearing glasses ...

Those curse words your mother once upon a time told you not to use, or you’ll have to wash your mouth out with soap, are not even considered that bad anymore, according to Gen Z. According to research ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

With the 2025-26 NBA season upon us, it's time to consolidate. The last three months complicated every team's picture with hirings, firings, draft picks, trades, signings, glow-ups, injuries, alleged ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

From "yeet" to "social distancing," new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream ...