Jerry Seinfeld has a funny bit (below) in which he reveals the absurdity of giving the finger: "Someone shows me one of their fingers, and I'm supposed to feel bad." Of course, it isn't just any finger—it's THE finger! And in the video above, we learn the fascinating history of why this particular gesture is such a potent insult.
A lexical gap or lacuna is a "missing word" in the vocabulary of a language – a lack of a single word to describe a concept that can be described… READ THE REST
"A fart was a "POOFOOFUS" (that we needed to only release in the "BATH CHAMBER," writes Sawyer, a former member of the Heaven's Gate UFO cult who chose not to,… READ THE REST
Researchers at MIT set out to study the origins of impenetrable legal language, especially complex sentences that mix definitions with directives—a hallmark of "legalese." Expecting to find that such language… READ THE REST
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