Words

Students were blown away after discovering all the different ways you can spell the word "empty," in a now viral classroom lesson.

The young spelling bee champion also has three basketball dribbling Guinness World Records to her name.

Murraya, which was spelled correctly by spelling champion Zaila Avant-garde, is a genus of plants belonging to a citrus family of flowering plants.

If there are so many people living and thriving with limb loss, then why is it treated as such an anomaly?

In case you weren't aware, it's defined as "a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world."

In the dictionary's breakdown of the "usage of preference," it noted that the term, when used to refer to sexual orientation, "is widely considered offensive."

"Schadenfreude," which translates to "enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others," was used frequently on Friday.

It's almost become a cliche at this point: the Germans have a word for everything. It turns out they even have a term or two that perfectly describes the particular summer malaise brought about by the events of 2020.

The new list exchanges racially insensitive and gendered terms for more inclusive ones.

Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli compared the Statue of Liberty and Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson.

Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Abhijay Kodali, Shruthika Padhy, Rohan Raja, Christopher Serrao, Sohum Sukhatankar and Saketh Sundar were named champions of the annual spelling bee.

The theme of 2019's International Women's Day is "Balance for Better," referring to gender balance. 

Has a "Wordscapes" Sea of Words puzzle got you stumped? Check out our guide will all the answers for the February 12 - 14 puzzle event.

"For auld lang syne, my jo, for auld lang syne. We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne."

The U.S. intelligence agency tweeted a map of Russia that Moscow was not happy with, and not for the first time, the state-run account snapped back.

A forensic linguist figured out a way to identify someone, thanks to a study using a database of Enron emails.

A new paper reveals 50 psychology-related terms that even professors confuse; which ones have you been getting wrong?

'Buffy' writer Marti Noxon discusses her own experience of sexual assault and the demeaning impact of insults.

Jill Harth alleges "relentless" sexual harassment and assault by Trump, who was caught on tape boasting he "can do anything" to women.

Today, Oxford Dictionaries launched an initiative to discover the least popular words in the English language

A championship trash talker and an inspirational leader, Ali thrilled people with the power of his voice.

TBH, piecaken won't make anyone less hangry.

The Scots language is largely unused in Scotland today.

A Yale Law School librarian picks a list of 10 notable quotes of the year, while dictionaries name words of the year.

The editor of The Vocabula Review thinks the name of an antipsychotic drug is about to enter the popular lexicon in the style of "Xerox" and "Kleenex"

Researchers discovered urbanites from cities across the globe sound closer to each other than to their rural cousins at home

Foodism has turned every restaurant outing into an adventure, and every dish an epiphany. What happened to, "I'm hungry?"