Merriam-Webster Adds ‘Beach Read,’ ‘IDGAF,’ and 24 More New Words to the Dictionary
Here are some highlights from Merriam-Webster’s latest slate of additions.
Here are some highlights from Merriam-Webster’s latest slate of additions.
The autumnal equinox is September 22, 2024. Here's how people will celebrate the start of fall around the world.
We’ve gathered a few tips to ensure you’re following the proper food etiquette when traveling to various countries.
National Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of Hispanic culture and history, offers a number of in-person and interactive events to get you plugged in.
Discover the origins of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15 each year. Here’s how the history of this annual celebration took shape—and how you can take part.
Want to make sure you get your steps in? It helps to live in a fairly flat place.
Here are 20 fun bits of Olympics slang, from diving’s ‘bingo’ to gymnastics’ ‘twisties.’
Stereotypes about the diverse continent abound.
If you’re hoping to pass on your love of nature to the next generation, you may be inclined to choose a name rooted in the natural world. Oliver, Olivia, Violet, and Rowan are all top contenders.
Not everyone gives directions the way you do—in fact, the way people tell others how to get where they want to go can vary by city, town, and culture. Some of these directional systems might just change how you navigate the world.
We’re taking a look back at some of the weird and WTF things that happened during the aughts in the latest episode of The List Show.
From King Tut’s treasure-stuffed tomb to one of the world's oldest human burial sites, these ancient resting places sent their occupants to the afterlife in style.
The drawing of three human figures with a pig was discovered in an Indonesian cave—and might be the world’s oldest art that tells a story.
Study up on this breaking terminology so you know what you’re talking about you’re watching the sport at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Many Amish believe photos are forbidden. So how can they do anything requiring a photo ID?
If you’ve seen 2019’s 'Midsommer,' you probably associate the holiday with flower crowns, maypoles, and a dash of human sacrifice.
The Stonewall Riots were a watershed moment for the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S., but here are some important facts you might not know about the uprising.
In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy carried out a futile search for the “real” Dorothy.
From gripping essay collections to graphic memoirs and more, these banned books by LGBTQ+ authors are still worth diving into.
Shot on location in Rio's poorest neighborhoods, ‘City of God’ used amateur actors from the community in many of its most famous improvised scenes, which are as evocative today as they were when the film first hit theaters in 2002.
The ‘50s weren't all nuclear families with white picket fences and questionable Jell-O recipes.
In 1984, a succession of breakdancing-themed movies did battle at the box office.
Since 1970, the LGBTQ community has marked June as Pride Month, in part to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a watershed moment in LGBTQ history when patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back against a police raid.
Author Leo Tolstoy had a big family with his wife, Sophia. Now, you can get an inside glimpse at what a family reunion is like for his living descendants.