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Sometimes regular English words—words that have commonsense but slightly fuzzy meanings—must be defined more precisely for food labeling.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

Today’s work-related ailments have nothing on these (mostly) historical diseases. You’ll be glad you're not suffering from Hatter’s Shakes—or worse, Chimney Sweep’s Scrotum.

From ‘dingus’ to ‘da kine,’ these all-purpose terms have got you covered no matter what you’re trying to say.

On New Year’s Eve, after the ball has dropped, revelers queue up “Auld Lang Syne”—that song that makes you cry, even though you don’t understand it and know almost none of the words.

The original formula for pound cake was impossible to forget.

The internet is a valuable educational resource, especially when it comes to these topics.

From worthless trinkets to misnamed chickens, here are the histories and etymologies of 13 Christmassy words.

George Orwell brought a vocabulary fit for a dystopia into the world. Corporate jargon sounds eerily similar.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

The six-sided tool helped make IKEA a household name. But did anyone named Allen have anything to do with it?

Here are 2024's trickiest terms to say, half of which are famous names.