Technology Why the "It's not X, it's Y" AI tic backfires on its writers Ellsworth Toohey

Science Your brain can crack a new language's patterns in three days. Fluency takes 64 weeks. Ellsworth Toohey

books Largest dictionary of English-language slang now free online Rob Beschizza

language Northern California has its own regional language, and they are making fun of you Jason Weisberger

History Thus spake whippersnapper: kids using old-timey terms again Rob Beschizza

language The 1817 table that reveals how words manipulate our thinking Ellsworth Toohey

Culture Struggling to understand Gen Alpha? Here's a twelve-minute primer on their slang Jennifer Sandlin

language Merriam-Webster picks "slop" as word of the year Rob Beschizza

books 'Broligarchy', 'delulu' and 'skibidi' added to Cambridge Dictionary Rob Beschizza

History Colmcille map centers the relationship between Scotland and Ireland Rob Beschizza

vital information Which English word has the most definitions? Carla Sinclair

language The semicolon defended by its advocates Rob Beschizza

language If your brain short circuits when you see something cute, that's gigil Gail Sherman

language A fart is a "poofoofus" and other "next level" slang from the Heaven's Gate UFO cult Allan Rose Hill

Footnotes to Wittgenstein Study finds legalese language a "magic spell" of authority Rob Beschizza

politics Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "polarization" Rob Beschizza

language Brain Rot is Oxford's word of the year Rob Beschizza

Science My cat is smarter than your baby Gail Sherman

animals Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms Allan Rose Hill

star wars Star Wars back in theaters (in Ojibwe) Gail Sherman