People occasionally complain to me that so many today seem to lean on profanity rather than utilizing the other lexical resources at their disposal. “Why do they have to keep using that word over and ...

Liminal is one such word, subtle, evocative and increasingly relevant in a world defined by transition. Long favoured by ...

Language has a way of giving shape to ideas that extend beyond a single moment, and few words manage this as gracefully as palimpsest. Rooted in history yet rich in literary and philosophical ...

Kawaii. You hear it in anime, you hear it on TV shows, and you hear it on the streets of Japan, where the word is spoken by young and old alike. With people around the world growing up on Japanese ...

Cambridge Dictionary chooses one word every year that explains how people think, behave and communicate. The word of the year 2025 is parasocial. This word became important because millions of people ...