What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there’s something else swears across the world’s languages have in common. They’re all missing ...

British and American English often use different words for the same everyday things, which can be confusing for learners. This lesson breaks down common vocabulary differences, explains how they’re ...

"Out of pocket" can mean different things depending on who you ask — and where you're from. Millennials are facing a linguistic reckoning after learning this phrase means something else for Gen Z.

ALEX LASSITER: Hello, lovely people! It’s Alex Lassiter with The Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. I’ll keep it a hunnit, I ...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (ap) style book’s Twitter feed is not often a source of hilarity. But the wire service recently tweeted: “We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanising ‘the’ labels such as ...

PRISTINA -- At least since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, common ground has been all too rare in the Balkans, and, where it exists, it has tended to be a source of bitter ...