WORDS

You can binge Netflix in any room you like, but there are some key differences between these living areas.

To get to the answer, we need to discuss Latin, wooden stakes, Catherine the Great, and, of course, Shakespeare. 

Solving the etymological mysteries of 'innocent,' 'disgruntled,' and other prefix-dependent words.

It’s a compressing of an earlier phrase that also yielded variations like ‘nilling, willing’ and ‘william-nilliam.’

If you’re grandiloquent, then you like to use extravagant, high-flown words—precisely like the 50 verbs listed here, which either refer to everyday activities or else can be used in place of everyday words.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

As with many words, we have Latin to thank.

This common phrase is often used during times of political uncertainty, and has even been described as an ancient Chinese curse. History says otherwise, though.

Are all these new slang terms confusing you? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

One theory suggests that we call liquor “spirits” because of alcohol’s association with one spirit in particular: the Holy Spirit. But there are other possible origins.

The heavy-duty tool is said to be the work of a man named Moncke. Or was it Moncay?