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

language The AVENGERS cast has dubbed the film in the Lakota language Thom Dunn

language More words that AI loves to use: "pivotal","interplay", "comprehensive" Rob Beschizza

language Dictionary of Eggcorns: words mispelled as other words Rob Beschizza

language In defense of the hard C Thom Dunn

Science Scientist identify the phonetic alphabet of whales Thom Dunn

Funny I hope this email finds you… (a very funny bot) David Pescovitz

damn-en it! Toxic Trump spokesperson says Biden "can hardly speak," then hilariously flubs her own words (video) Carla Sinclair

language There is a Royal Order of Adjectives, and you follow it without knowing what it is Gail Sherman

language Scientists report groundbreaking first conversation between humans and whales David Pescovitz

language The surprising origin of "dandelion" revealed! Mark Frauenfelder

language As Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano belches, the world's newscasters struggle to pronounce it (video) David Pescovitz

Science We just translated chimpanzee language. They're talking about snakes. Ruben Bolling