Why is Seinfeld So Hard to Translate?
The show about nothing never gained more than a small cult following outside the U.S. One translator explains why.
The show about nothing never gained more than a small cult following outside the U.S. One translator explains why.
Designer Jez Burrows strings together example sentences from dictionaries to create beautiful short stories.
The most-spoken languages and their influences on English.
When we’re looking to describe an amount that’s teensy-weensy, the words aren’t precise, but they are folksy and charming.
Lizzie Skurnick has a word for that.
Most of the terms came and went in the way that slang does, but a few were so melodious and apt that they became a part of our permanent vocabulary.
This is no laughing matter.
Describe tomorrow morning's warmer-upper just like a 'coffee sommelier.'
He was always on the lookout for new words, which he kept in a growing file on his computer.
Text analysis reveals the most relevant words for each candidate from the GOP debates
These words sound a lot more suspect than their fairly mundane meanings might suggest.
Old English had a rich array of inventive and intriguing words, many of which have either long since dropped out of use or were replaced.
A new study finds that sarcasm promotes creative thinking for both the expresser and recipient. No, really?
These linguistic brain scramblers will make you rethink the entire line you just heard.
In 1800, one explorer discovered a parrot who was speaking a dead language.
Sometimes words we might not expect to have anything in common historically do go back to the same source. They’re called etymological doublets—here are 15 of them.
Go beyond “Gesundheit!"
In honor of Clueless' 20th birthday (we know—we're totally buggin'!), we're exploring the origins of the movie's most memorable phrases.
As it turns out, it’s a relatively new designation.