Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Ever wonder what your dog is trying to say? Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man's best friend into intelligible speech—a kind of ...

If you're among the people confused by young folks who laugh at the punchline 6-7 or use "mogging" as a compliment, we have two bits of good news for you. First, your confusion is kind of the point ‒ ...

Have you ever called your colleague a "hairy-nose wombat", a "giggling goose", or yelled "hell yeah" across the office? If you were a politician and used one of those expressions in parliament, you ...

Okay, well, yes, his catchphrase sounded slightly catchier thirty-five years ago. But it’s 2025, and people use more words (to say less) than they did in the early 1990s. Subscribe to The American ...

In a world filled with influencers, echo chambers and power plays, there is likely a sycophant alive and thriving. From the office bootlicker to the social media commenter who excessively flatters to ...

Linguists have developed methods for reconstructing the ancestral language, and refer to it using the label Proto-Indo-European or PIE ...

Wind turbines in Goldendale, Wa. Employees at the Energy Department office that funds clean energy technology were told to avoid using terms including "climate change" and "green," according to an ...

Nowadays, words and phrases from memes or viral TikTok videos can be heard in everyday conversation when speaking with the younger generation. Usually you can gather what a word means depending on the ...

Third Way, a prominent center-left think tank, is aiming to shape the way Democrats speak to voters as they try to counter President Trump’s agenda, including avoiding words such as “birthing person,” ...

After its release in late 2022, ChatGPT reached 100 million users in just two months, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. Since then the artificial intelligence (AI) tool ...