15 International Idioms That Describe Heavy Rain
What do non-English-speaking people say when it's raining cats and dogs?
What do non-English-speaking people say when it's raining cats and dogs?
How often can you use the word "idiot" without falling into the idiocy of word repetition? Fortunately, there are many old, mostly forgotten terms ready for a revival.
The first rule of Clone Club is: Learn the language of Clone Club.
Who knew a simple tuber could do so much damage?
Designer Daniel Britton hopes his new typeface will raise awareness about the learning disorder.
Fame and fortune via mail order. What could go wrong?
If you learn just a few words in Old English, be sure to include the one that means "lying awake before dawn and worrying."
Know your bar slang.
Movies like 'Friday the 13th' and 'Halloween' have spawned sequels, remakes, imitations, and parodies—and they’ve also unleashed a whole of host of slasher slang.
The latest season of The Americans is wrapping up tonight, so it's time to make like deep-cover 1980s Soviet agents Philip and Elizabeth Jenkins, put on a wig, and take surveillance of these 10 spy and Cold War terms.
Girl Scout Cookie Naming Lore: Would You Like Samoa?
What they mean and how to remember the difference.
Words suggest one thing, but their histories tell us another.
Polish up on this list of words and phrases from Robert Burns’s complete works. Highlighting the imagination of his Scots language, they are ripe for revival by Robbie revelers old and new.
Motel, brunch, and sitcom are obvious. But these portmanteaux are undercover.