Every region has its own slang, and the Midwest is a fascinating example, with odes to European heritage and polite verbal ...

New year, new list of obnoxious slang terms proliferating society — from mind-numbing rap song catch phrases to good words ...

Redact” once meant to edit. But around the middle of the 20th century, it began to refer to one particular kind of editing. Instead of coherence, the point was concealment.

Some words are on the money. When the word "farm" entered English during the 1200s, for instance, it had more to do with ...

Chances are you’ve heard some of these terms over the past year—whether you understood what they meant or not.

The United States has carried out a military strike against Daesh (ISIS) militants in north-west Nigeria at the request of ...

In biology, the concept of “adaptation” was introduced to describe how human beings adjust to rapid environmental change. The timeline of this adaptation varies from one species to another. It is a ...

Speaking with popular AI content creators convinces me that “slop” isn’t just the internet rotting in real time, but the ...

Some people think the flags denote a risky area – others that only good swimmers should venture between them ...

Even half of domestic Australian university students surveyed thought red and yellow flags marked a safe area, so surfers ...

Despite the unique ideological and political advantages of the “Aircraft Power Supply System” course, there are still some deep-seated problems that urgently need to be solved in the current teaching ...

Within the first notes of many classic Christmas songs, we’re transported directly to the festive season. Why is it that it’s these particular pieces of music that get us thinking of the holidays? In ...