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But my friends do quite a lot," Hallahan, 10, said one school-day evening after a play date. "'Play date' − I'm ...

From ‘gazump’ to ‘gobsmack’, ‘squiffy’ to ‘snog’, British English is full of words that sound like barmy balderdash. Christine Ro explains why. “That wazzock dared to gazump me; I'm gobsmacked by this ...

Sesame Street characters and children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sesame Street Live on Feb. 4, 2010 in New York City. As a child growing up in a ...

Abhishek Bachchan Slams A Critic And Rejects Claim Of 'Buying Awards' Abhishek Bachchan fired back at a social-media user who accuses Bachchan of 'buying' his recent 70th Filmfare Awards Best Actor ...

Imagine a world without English majors. In the last decade, the study of English and history in college has fallen by a third. At Columbia University, the share of English majors fell from 10 percent ...

Salman Khan, Sidharth Malhotra And Others Pay Final Respects To Late Actor Pankaj Dheer Bollywood came together to bid a heartfelt farewell to veteran actor Pankaj Dheer, who passed away at the age of ...

Learning new words becomes a fun game with the right apps. With the three following newly released word apps, including one that teaches Spanish words, kids get hooked on learning words. One involves ...

Many teachers have never learned how to teach reading using the method that science has determined to be effective, as an important new radio documentary explains. Others simply reject the evidence.

Ten Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The OED is a big historical database, which contains more than 500,000 words, phrases and their meanings, from over 1000 years ...