WORDS

Those subtly apologetic follow-up emails could be weakening your original message—and affecting others’ impression of you, too.

You might not be going out this New Year's Eve, but you can still get bugged up and enjoy some laughing soup until you're in your airs!

The word "yule" gets thrown around a lot during the Christmas season, but what does it even mean? Well, like so many of the holiday's traditions, its origins are a bit complex.

The differences between forests, woods, and jungles aren't exactly an apple trees to orange trees kind of comparison.

The benefits of a cutting remark can go beyond getting some laughs. Properly deployed, sarcasm can have real social rewards.

These words found new meanings on a foreign exchange adventure and returned home with a fresh perspective.

In February 1919, just a few months after World War 1 ended, a story appeared in the UK's Manchester Guardian called “World War No. 2.”

The terms 'concrete' and 'cement' are often used interchangeably to describe hard, gray building material, but there is a difference.

Your smartphone is the window to all the knowledge in the world—and these apps will help you unlock it.

From ‘poltroon’ to ‘slugabed’ and beyond, this list will surely add some color to your future squabbles.

Four hundred years ago, if you were a seafaring thief, the label that you received said a great deal—mainly about whoever it was doing the labeling.

Two and a half years after the Associated Press OK’d the gender-fluid pronoun, Merriam-Webster follows suit.