As a ‘Word of the Day,’ persiflage highlights the richness of English vocabulary and its ability to capture even the most subtle forms of human interaction.

It’s a very satisfying thing to learn that there’s a word for an experience you didn’t know could be described by a word. Learning that, for example, clinomania is an “excessive desire to stay in bed” ...

In an era of rapid-fire ‘Thx’ and automated email replies, let's look back at a word that carries the weight of genuine ...

Thanks to the evolution of language, technology, and lots of hyperbole, these words used to convey a lot more merit, emotion, or simply seriousness than they do nowadays. Ah, “genius.” Once reserved ...

Maelstrom is a word used to describe chaos or a powerful whirlpool. It can talk about a confusing situation with too many things happening at once, or strong spinning water in the ocean. The word has ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

A moratorium refers to a temporary suspension of an activity or legal obligation, commonly used in finance and public policy.