Giving our pets goofy nicknames is not just a weird human habit. It turns out that it is part of how we build connections, ...

The writer Geoff Dyer unravels a tale in which the intricacies of model airplanes and the comic horrors of school lunch ...

Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language.

Lena Dunham's Too Much has landed on Netflix, introducing viewers to Jessica (played by Megan Stalter ), an overworked American reeling from a seven-year breakup. A fresh start across the pond sees ...

The word "chuckle" comes from the Middle English chukken, meaning "to make a clucking noise," dating back to the late 14th ...

In English there are many ways to apologise ... Well, that's what we'll be finding out in this episode, along with some ...

Turning ‘terror’ from negative to positive As a historical lexicographer from the Philippines, Salazar says she finds it fascinating — and sometimes funny — how Malaysians give their own spin to ...

Beautiful words, ugly words, funny words Some words are beautiful, or are thought to be. They may be phonologically attractive, or they may conjure up beautiful thoughts, or both. When I surveyed a ...

The word “funny,” the adjectival form of “fun,” which may have come from an Early English word, fon, meaning a fool and related to “fond,” has several different meanings, two of which are relevant ...

Through 101 essays, Shashi Tharoor takes the reader to the sublime (and sometimes mystifying) wonderland of the English language.

We have some illustrations that give us a pretty funny idea of what certain words phrases and everyday sayings actually mean.