In addition to being one of the most fun words to say—and hardest to spell—in English, “onomatopoeia” probably calls to mind a whole bunch of silly, fun words. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating ...

Three little letters, 645 meanings.

Uproarious and ingenious, Burrows’s Dictionary Stories is more than 150 shorts composed entirely from example sentences taken from 12 different dictionaries. Burrows crafts tense postapocalyptic ...

Hint: You won't want a gift in Germany When you’re traveling, unless you’re fluent in the language of the country you’re visiting, it’s hard to get every word exactly right. English words that sound ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link What's the most beautiful word in the English language? Different people, using various criteria, will give a slew of answers. Surveying more than ...