words Dictionary considers adding "Fursona" Rob Beschizza

Kids OK, here's a great explainer on the origins of the word "OK" Andrea James

drugs Smoke some shoes? The DEA's list of slang terms for cannabis David Pescovitz

Kids Fun and helpful blog on homophones is coming out as a book Andrea James

words "My hovercraft is full of eels" in many languages Rob Beschizza

movies The most common words in movie titles Rob Beschizza

art Artist creates curly wire sculptures that spell words with their shadows Andrea James

Culture Learn when a word was first used in print with Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler feature Rusty Blazenhoff

Internet A place to memorialize the domain names you let lapse Rob Beschizza

language "Whatever" tops list of annoying words Rob Beschizza

NSFW The most common swear words on Reddit Rob Beschizza

Food Some folks call green peppers "mangoes" for a centuries-old reason Andrea James

Science Boomers are news-illiterate couch vegetables stuck in front of their yelling, ad-saturated TVs Rob Beschizza

language Nominative Determinism Rob Beschizza

words Broflake defined Rob Beschizza

books Review: Afterliff, the new dictionary of things there should be words for Rob Beschizza

psychology Here's why people hate the word "moist" Caroline Siede

animation What's the story with "gross?" David Pescovitz

apple The word "sheeple" is now in the dictionary, with Apple fans as example David Pescovitz

gender Gendered verbs charted over 100,000 stories Rob Beschizza