A group of teenagers playing guitar and hanging out in August 1972. From the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment, there has been no shortage of periods in history that have shaped society in terms ...

Idioms—phrases that come to mean more than each word's "literal meaning" on their own—have been a part of spoken language for a long time. They may change as the years go by and often vary from ...

A couple dancing at a disco club in the 60s wearing typical outfits of the decade, bell bottoms and fringed vests – // Getty Images *The 1990s hit film trilogy “Austin Powers” may have reintroduced ...

TO many, idioms and proverbs are just another lesson in English grammar to get over with, however, they can be powerful tokens of symbolism and expression. When used effectively, a handful of these ...

LITTLE ROCK — Son of a gun. Idioms, to make a long story short, are actually nonsense, yet hit the nail on the head. We know what these phrases mean; we may even use them. But where do these funny and ...

Many of us are trying nowadays to be more thoughtful and inclusive in the way we use language as our world becomes ever more diverse. But is it possible to take this stuff just a bit too far? Don't ...

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Language, as I’ve always said, is quite a peculiar phenomenon to every people. And this peculiarity reflects in the modality of thoughts and perceptions into which the language moulds and weaves the ...

One of my favorite greeting cards has a picture of two women on the front. One woman is asking the other: “Is it ‘butt naked’ or ‘buck naked’?” The inside reads: “These are the kinds of questions I ...

Stacker compiled a thorough list of 25 words and phrases that were specifically popular, or popularized, during the 1960s. - John Rodgers/Redferns // Getty Images Stacker compiled a thorough list of ...