words Chart of words known better by men than women, and vice versa Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Lewdle: a lewd clone of Wordle David Pescovitz

words Can you beat my score in Merriam Webster's 10-question vocabulary quiz? Mark Frauenfelder

language Forget about hygge. Now it's all about uitwaaien. David Pescovitz

words Fakelish: generative English words Rob Beschizza

words Video looks at popular words first coined in books Mark Frauenfelder

animals Scientists: Don't call them shark "attacks" anymore. They are "encounters" that sometimes result in "bites." David Pescovitz

words Someone made a word processor that plays Sublime every time you type Thom Dunn

words Do you have a hairy glabella? Do you find vagitus annoying? Popkin

Culture Cheugy: out of touch, trying too hard, but not quite uncool Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn

language Malarkey, schadenfreude, and Merriam-Webster's other Words of the Year David Pescovitz

words There's a word for senior men who pass the time watching construction sites Mark Frauenfelder

words Famed lexicographer's new book "Word Perfect" released with a ton of typos David Pescovitz

words Man wins round of Scrabble-style gameshow with unusual word Rob Beschizza

language "Master bedroom" and "Master bath" won't be used in Houston's real estate listings anymore David Pescovitz

racism The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism." Thom Dunn

language The Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year is… David Pescovitz

language Fun interactive way to see what words were first used in print in a particular year David Pescovitz

Technology The word "robot" originated in this 1921 Czech play David Pescovitz