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Over the course of history, the human race has come up with many delightfully creative ways to describe the act of breaking wind.

English might be Scotland’s official language, but the country also has distinct dialects and regional nuances. And understanding Scottish slang? That’s a whole other ballgame.

Next time you need to win an argument, try dropping one of these old-fashioned English insults.

The story behind which orange came first involves Arab trade routes and a bunch of old phrases that mean 'orange apple.'

The stories behind these phrase origins are amazing. Too bad they’re not true—and too bad they’re often repeated as fact. Here’s the real scoop behind the expressions.

It’s another in a long line of etymologies that doesn’t have one clear-cut answer, but a few plausible (and interesting) possible explanations.

The Swedish pronunciation of ‘IKEA’ is significantly different from what we say in the States.

Despite what you may have guessed, the "ham" in 'hamburger' doesn't mean meat. Here are 14 other words that might surprise you.

You don’t need to be a smark to appreciate these pro wrestling slang terms (but it might help).

African descendants in the U.S. have been speaking varieties of English, today known as African American Language (AAL), for many centuries. Here's what you should know.

We all know someone who never seems to stop talking. They’re a yammerer, a babbler, a chatterbox—but they’re also a blatherskite, a clatterfart, and a twattle-basket.

It wasn’t inspired by a beast of burden named Laurie, if that’s what you assumed.