The cat's out of the bag – idioms can be tricky, even for native English speakers.
We've been saving up these words for our most confident quiz takers.
You're probably saying these things interchangeably.
Your tailbone is named after a bird and there's a name for that space between your nose and eyebrows.
Hip dudes have been friending each other for centuries. Legit!
English has some hilarious expressions – and their origin stories are funny, too! Find out where "last-ditch effort," "under the weather," and more come from.
Its or it's? 70's or 70s? Here's how to tell.
Whether we seek precision, beauty or both, much of the subtlety of language comes from its adjectives. Here are some 10-dollar examples to add polish to your proclamations.
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Sometimes love defies language. Other times, just English.
Grammar geeks, beware: the English language is filled with words that have reverse or contradictory meanings, depending on the context.
There was a time when 'Girl' meant 'Boy,' 'Bully' meant 'Sweetheart,' and 'Fizzle' meant 'Fart.' Let's return there together.
Some words are said together so often that many people think they’re a single word – but they’re not. Or at least not all of the time. The confusing business of compound words, explained.
Do you use an abundance of redundance? An overflowing flow of superfluous surplus? Quit being so extra!
These seemingly innocent words and phrases are derived from stereotypes, slurs and bigotry—maybe it’s high time we all wipe them from our vocabulary.
It’s time to clean up our social media posts, friends. Grammar mistakes, spelling errors, misinterpreted tone and etiquette issues can leave you regretting pushing ‘post’.
