WORDS

Greek language employs many sharp, oddly entertaining expressions and phrases, from "black and spidery" to "I ate a door."

Generation Z—that emergent generation of idealists and doomscrollers—are still busy defining themselves. But they definitely want to do something about climate change.

From promethium to thorium, the periodic table is full of elements with strong ties to mythology and folklore.

These words will leave you looking like a grinagog who's found his guttering-peg.

Keep these F-words in mind if you're flexiloquent.

The wire in ‘down to the wire’ was originally found on a horse racetrack—and ‘home stretch’ didn’t come from baseball.

Yes, there's a specific word for a treatise on a beard.

When someone stops what they’re saying to go back and change a word to an even stronger one (as in, “I’m very happy—no, ecstatic to be here”), that’s called "epanorthosis."

If it were up to Alexander Graham Bell, we probably wouldn’t.

How’s your hose? If the question is confusing—or sounds like someone is trying to sell you gardening equipment—you might not be up on your baseball slang. “Ever

D is one of the most frequently used letters in the alphabet. Consider adding some of these delicious D words to your vocabulary.

Admitting you don’t know the meaning behind any of Chicago’s long-standing slang terms is akin to slathering your hot dog with ketchup.