The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across ...

A single word used by federal officials carries legal weight and shapes public judgment long before investigators establish the facts.

A certain loaded word seems to be making a cultural comeback. John McWhorter, an Opinion writer and a linguistics professor ...

Trigger” wasn’t meant for everyday discomfort. Learn why its misuse matters and how better language supports healing and ...

President Trump is addressing the gathering of world leaders, CEOs and policymakers as America's allies balk at his efforts ...

A new study explores how human-like language shapes the way we talk about artificial intelligence. Think, know, understand, remember. These are the kinds of mental verbs people use every day to ...

That’s too bad. Considering all those events and more, the conversation is an interesting insight into his thinking. As much ...

It's not just the quintessential corporate jargon word. "Synergy" goes back hundreds of years, with history in Christianity, ...

Talking to ChatGPT instead of typing feels faster, more human and better suited for how people actually think and work.

Pleasant-sounding words are easier to remember, according to a study. People perceive words with different sounds as differing in their beauty, say linguists. The new study suggests that the phonemic ...

There’s a special kind of power in beginnings. Before something is polished, proven or named, it exists in a “nascent” state. This word captures that in-between moment when possibility is present but ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say “6-7” is “cooked” ...