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We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?
Conservative and liberal may be the most politically charged words in the English language, Bill Bruster says.
Learn the meaning of gender cues and discover the history behind the word ponk, a reclaimed term rooted in queer and Black ...
“Stare decisis” means “to stand by things decided.” (Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th ed. 2019). Stare decisis is the doctrine ...
In a historic ruling last week, judges at the UK’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on ...
In a judgment with far-reaching implications, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition ...
There are many ways to experience gender that exist outside the binary. Nowadays, there are a variety of terms you might use ...
Trump doubled down on his tariff policy and said, "Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary... well after God, family, love, relationship." Trump has repeatedly referred to tariff as a ...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — Last month, Malaysia’s colourful English stepped into the global linguistic spotlight after words like “alamak” and “tapau” found a home in the prestigious Oxford English ...
But TikToks and stock prices don't officially determine when the country enters a recession, and the word does have an actual definition worth knowing. Eight economists who serve on the Business ...
A field of study, cross-cultural communication, has emerged to define and teach the many ways that different peoples of the world communicate with each other verbally and non-verbally. The concept ...
This March, gigil was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as the newest Filipino word in the Philippine English category. But aside from gigil, 10 more Filipino words made it to the list. They are ...