It’s often said that English has more words than any other language. That’s a difficult statistic to corroborate, not least because not every language has words in the way we would recognize ...

You know the type. But even so, we were stumped when it came to a list of some of the most unusual words in the English dictionary. Compiled by the folks at Raconteur, the list includes nouns ...

After our list of 11 wonderful words of old proved so popular, we turned to author Jeffrey Kacirk - who has devoted himself to unearthing of unusual words from years past, as presented in his ...

We all like to impress our friends, family and teachers with our knowledge of obscure words (OK, OK – some of us more than others). But there are words you almost certainly won’t have heard of.

The English language is reputed to be the largest in the world, rich with unusual words that make wonderful additions to anyone’s vocabulary and, quite frankly, deserve to be bandied around more.

The Idaho murders suspect, Bryan Kohberger, has requested that an unusual two-word phrase be banned from his trial.