The intense emotions we’re all experiencing right now can often feel inexpressible, beyond words. But words in another language than your own just might be the key to giving voice to those emotions.

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The pervasive slang term was everywhere following the 2006 release of 'Borat.' But it isn't made up.
'Bone,' 'crack,' and 'pubis' were on the list of words censored by the chat software at this year's virtual Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference.
The August Complex fire ravaging California is being called a "gigafire," and it's every bit as imposing and destructive as the name implies.
Errors in writing aren't easy to detect when you're proofreading your own work. The problem is your brain.
With a total of about 15,000 new words, definitions, and other revisions, it’s Dictionary.com’s biggest update of all time.
The next time you feel hopeless, say "jakoś to będzie"—a Polish phrase that translates to "things will work out in the end."
In the ’80s, Mariko Aoki wrote to a magazine about her strange habit of having to poop in bookstores. Now, she’s the namesake for the condition.
To celebrate the launch of their new Finnish course, Duolingo partnered with the website Very Finnish Problems to find out which words make the people of Finland happiest.
The universal language never quite changed the world, but enthusiasts and Duolingo users are doing their bit to change that.
The name "Jim Crow" appears throughout many U.S. history books, but he was a caricature—not a real person.
The phrase was around long before Kevin Malone dropped his famous chili in season five of ‘The Office.’
Celebrate National Book Lovers Day with the last lines from ‘The Great Gatsby,’ ‘Little Women,’ and 17 other classic novels.
According to the internet, it was George Bernard Shaw who said, “The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.” Here are 12 common culprits that cause confusion.
Robert Berger tried to avoid a jail sentence by forging a death certificate. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as the Office of Vital Statistics and Regsitry.
It all started as a reminder about which relatives the Catholic Church prohibited you from marrying.
After sending Merriam-Webster a series of emails, Kennedy Mitchum convinced the dictionary to revise its entry for 'racism' to better emphasize the systemic aspects.
Something systemic—like a disease—means it’s present throughout a system. ‘Systematic’ refers to how a system is operated.
After a remorseful Judas returned his payment for betraying Jesus, the high priests used it to buy the very first potter’s field.
We don’t know exactly when or why noon began to refer to 12 p.m., but it could have something to do with hungry monks.
There’s a reason that Meghan Markle’s first time sporting a tiara (borrowed from Queen Elizabeth II) was on her wedding day.
If our hands turn into a mess of smeared dirt when gardening, how come we have green thumbs? Why not green fingers?