Not everyone can be an enter lectual. But spellcheck and Google exist, so there’s really no excuse to mess up the English ...

Conan O’Brien, Bill Watterson, Ellen DeGeneres — these once-in-a-generation talents have provided light in our darkest ...

Looking to boost your vocabulary? These funny words to use in conversations will keep everyone on their toes.

What makes a word funny? University of Alberta psychologist Chris Westbury studied and identified the 10 funniest words in English. The meaning of the word and how unexpected it looked determined ...

Susan Kelz Sperling, author of Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, talks about words that have been lost from the English language.

A new behaviour research study looks at the perceived funniness of individual English words, and finds that women and men consider different words amusing. But is this really the case?

Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly. some of the words rated as among the funniest What makes a word funny? Well, its form partly, partly what it means ...

The funniest words in the dictionary have been revealed, with 'upchuck', 'boff' and 'jiggly' topping the list. Constantly changing, updating and evolving, the English language is a fascinating ...

The first in-depth study on funny English words is out and you can probably guess the top one. Photo / Getty A group of scientists has conducted research to figure out which are the funniest words ...

Men ranking funny words found more humor in sexual terms than women did.