A conversation about salty language and peppering questions with examples and explanations in informal contexts.

Alkenes with functional groups on opposite sides of the double bond can also be thought of as trans, stemming from the Latin ...

According to Urban Dictionary, "gagged" means "to be amazed or stunned by someone or a situation of some kind." The site says the term is also "often used within the LGBT community and the ballroom ...

Pete Hegseth was confirmed last week. The TV news personality will become the next US secretary of defense. Hegseth will ...

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We have to explain to the landlord why our rent is going to be late this month. I’m 7 years old, phone in hand, my mother ...

Leno says he loves going to car shows all over the U.S., and he’s always happy to chat with people about his favorite subject ...

Anthony Mackie's recent comments about Captain America not representing America have sparked backlash, but did he truly mean ...

Questions of identity, belonging and understanding are woven through “English,” Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-winning drama, which ...

The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can ...

Brett Ellis is unimpressed with the 'word of year' lists Cambridge, the dictionary, not the place, chose ‘manifest’ which is imagining something will make it happen.