Zodiac signs that can master English. Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Gemini, ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication, is typically the most verbally gifted sign in the zodiac.

And while the OED does consolidate the most “common” words, he adds, “many of these words are unfamiliar even to…people who have been speaking English for many, many years.” ...

It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...

The Twitter account for the Merriam-Webster dictionary put out a call asking people to share words in other languages that don't fully translate to English. People came through.

Figuring out how many words there are in the English language is complicated for a number of reasons. Let’s start with its roots. What about persona non grata, “an unacceptable or unwanted ...

Welsh republican activists have defaced road signs to "eradicate imposed" English language place names. The group called Yr Eryr Wen sprayed over a sign for Menai Bridge (Porthaethwy) and for ...

In his words before Congress, Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell addressed an issue many real estate investors have been worried about for years: the ongoing fallout from commercial real estate ...

Pimp. Surely this word’s transformation is one of the strangest in the English language (which is saying a lot). According to Merriam-Webster, men who exploit prostitutes have been called ...

Given that there are thousands of words in the English language, there’s a good chance that it will have the term you’re looking for.But when it comes to communicating hard-to-describe ...