Some English expressions are so peculiar that it’s nearly impossible to trace their origins without knowing the history behind them.

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British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into the language of the mother country. The BBC once asked ...

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Oragious (pronounced or-AY-juhss) is an English borrowing of the French word orageux, meaning stormy or tempestuous.

“From academic journals to social media, these give us a very thorough view of the English language.” Other words in the self-proclaimed “iconic dictionary” are late capitalism, beach ...

Capcom built the fictitious Monster Hunter language in a very specific method, and one English teacher spent the last 2,000 ...

After getting marmalised at the general election, the Conservative party is now conducting the time-honoured debate of the ...

On the anti-Zionist left, the academic framing “settler colonialism” gained wide currency to describe and deride Zionism, ...