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There are so many different ways to think of a baby name for your soon-to-be child. Most parents will either type “unique baby names” into Google, browse through a baby name book they found at their ...

Have you ever wondered where all the weird words in English come from? For example, when someone refers to the presence of small children as "hearing the pitter-patter of little feet" — where on earth ...

Sharon Stone rehearses "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood in preparation for WordTheatre's 20th anniversary celebration. (Steven Vargas / Los Angeles Times) In late October, actors Ron Perlman and ...

Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language ...

The term "hurricane" is derived from a word coined by the indigenous people of the Caribbean, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. This claim previously appeared in a 2017 book by comedian and ...

They're known as man's best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — "dog" — is also a great linguistic mystery. "The most everyday, commonplace words ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The English language is always evolving as words come ...

In most people, language is generated on the left side of the brain — the half associated with logic, motor functions and math. But when we let loose with a particularly satisfying swear word, the ...

The word processing software came online in 1983 and eventually came to eclipse every other word processing software in market share. Reading time 2 minutes There was a time when most folks weren’t on ...

Swearing is cathartic. Swearing is funny. Swearing is, dare we say it, pretty healthy. It’s all sorts of things wrapped up in the expression of words that are normally thought of as taboo. But where ...