The president claimed, “These are the best poles anywhere in the country, or in the world,” during installation.

Some words change definition over time. Thus moot once meant one thing and now, at least in common usage, means something else. But slut, almost from the outset, was more fluid. Small wonder, then ...

The reason begins with the nature of concepts rather than the words that express them. Concepts shade into one another the way colors do. For example, to be foolish is a form of being weak; one ...

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is one that saw an increase in searches this year – in a world where it's sometimes hard to tell what is fake and what is real online. The word they ...

"Words have changed their meaning ever since the first word was uttered. "Meat used to mean all food, but now its sense has narrowed.” So which other words have we got wrong for so long they are ...

Gradually, the meaning narrowed to the current sense: large moveable equipment such as tables and chairs, used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working. 5. GIRL ...

Other confusing words for Michigan residents include "tentative," "ensured," "resilient" and "perceive." Every month, there is one online search for an SAT word definition for every 72 Michiganders.

Stacker has researched 50 old-timey slang words and discovered what they mean. From the 1950s to the 1990s, there have been dozens of slang terms that have come and gone.

Scientists say they have made an atlas of where words' meanings are located in the brain. The map shows that words are represented in different regions throughout the brain's outer layer.

Well, if that word is “gaslighting,” for Pennsylvania — who Googled the definition for gaslighting the most over any other word — the answer to that question is “not really.” ...

As you know, synonyms are words that have the same or close-to-same meaning. Fall and autumn. Horrible and terrible. Perfect and ideal. Petite and short.