But history is bursting with entertaining synonyms for scarecrow—here are 11 of our favorites, from blencher to moggy. In the ...

As Old English evolved into Middle and then modern English, the word becameaskenand thenask. But the ax pronunciation stuck ...

Many of these dictionaries and works on Urdu grammar used the word ‘Hindustani’ —with variant spellings, such as, ...

Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over terminology and impact — and that’s ...

Hazrat Shah Waliullah Library in Old Delhi is running out of space and funds. Other Urdu libraries in the city are in ...

Iechyd da or "good health", said as cheers before a drink is now in the Oxford English Dictionary ... Holly wants to revive old Gloucestershire words like "flittermouse", which means bat.

NASA says this supermoon, also known as the Hunter's Moon, is the third and brightest of four consecutive supermoons.

In fact, it was, in Old English — with the tight “oo” sound ... It doesn’t refer to a business in the dictionary sense. It means, “It isn’t something that you are supposed to busy ...

Since the dawn of the digital age, internet users have developed shorthand ways to express themselves on instant messages and comments, with acronyms like TTYL, BRB, LOL, FYI, and OMG.

At least two want to be a doctor, another a computer scientist and several others are eyeing nursing careers in America, but ...