A list of forbidden words recently published by Stanford University is drawing ire, even among faculty members at the institution. The changing use of the words, part of what Stanford officially ...

My 12-year-old daughter looovvveeesss to stretch out spoken and written words by adding extra letters. When I read about a new study (Gray, Danforth, & Dodds, 2020) that analyzed the use of ...

“This website contains language that is offensive or harmful,” a Stanford University Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative website stated in December. “Please engage with this website at your own ...

As “one tiny first step” to support the Black Lives Matter movement and “bring justice to our world,” the North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) announced that derogatory language would ...

Microsoft word was first released 40 years ago and it has had a surprising affect on the way we use language today (Credit: Alamy) As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has ...

Other languages have words that mean false, tacky, or trying too hard, but only the English slang term “cheesy” can fully express something so fake that it stinks like Camembert: “He came up to me at ...