The Indian English word for underpants, Chuddies, is among the 650 new words recently added to the …

It's not something we think about often, but the names of many major companies that now seem famili…

Because of their success, these company names are very familiar to us, but most of them have hidden…

Unfortunately, we don't have much evidence of use in English, partly because the original Oxford En…

In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant, named "Jumbo," from the Royal Zoological Society in London…

In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant, named "Jumbo," from the Royal Zoological Society in London…

Because of their success, these company names are very familiar to us, but most of them have hidden…

The word "like" became one of the most widely abused words in the English language after one song s…

It's pretty cool to see how some words can be very similar across countries, while being dramatical…

All it takes is time and repetition to strip a word of its original meaning. Have you ever wondered…

"Gyp" or "gip" most likely evolved as a shortened version of "gypsy" - more correctly known as the …

It does not seem very difficult (at all events, for a sailor) to associate extortionate disbursemen…

It does not seem very difficult (at all events, for a sailor) to associate extortionate disbursemen…

"It's an abbreviation of association football. Both soccer and American football come from the same…

"It's an abbreviation of association football. Both soccer and American football come from the same…

Scripps's list of "winning words" from previous competitions gives a glimpse at this evolution. Rel…

That quote comes to mind looking at these fascinating European etymology maps of various commons wo…

There are at least 20 Hindu deities that are regularly worshiped in Japan, even as some of them hav…

One theory claims OK abbreviates "oll korrect," a bastardized spelling much like N.C. for "nuff ced…