Slang, a term for the informal, non-standard lingo used in social settings, doesn't originate in a vacuum. The invented words we casually throw around come from the culture around us, particularly the ...

Things are getting weird in Silicon Valley with HENRYs trying to cash in on the clanker takeover. Collins Dictionary and Dictionary.com compiled a shortlist of top terms to know.

Keep treating Singlish as something to fix, or embrace it as the heart of who we are, says Daniel Chan of NUS.

It’s important to understand unfamiliar words so that you can interpret the overall meaning of a sentence. Misunderstanding a tricky word can prevent you from understanding the meaning of a text. It’s ...

When we write things down it's important to keep things nice and clear, so it's easy to read. Sentences help us give an order, ask a question, state a fact or express an emotion or idea. Words are the ...

At its most basic, dude just means a guy or a person (“that dude over there”). But dude is one of the most versatile words in the English language. It can be a noun, an exclamation (“Dude!”) or even a ...

People of my age have lived long enough to see the English language spoken and written in ways that were little short of ...

People of my age have lived long enough to see the English language spoken and written in ways that were little short of hanging offences in ...

Academic studies found that people who rely heavily on AI for tasks like writing generally perform worse than those who don’t ...

Anchoring isn’t instant. Even after students notice a pattern, the written form can flicker before it stabilizes in long-term memory. Drift is normal before the anchor holds, which is why teachers ...