The slur, which has been used to discriminate against people with disabilities, is finding popularity online again. But its ...

Laughter is an important part of life, and I get as much practice as I can. The American Heritage Dictionary says the word "laugh" is imitative, or meant to sound like what it describes.

While studying laughter is serious work to researchers, it apparently sounds like a silly topic when they're seeking research grants. For that reason, Northwestern's Burgdorf avoids the word ...

The next year, we officially entered a recession. The word "[Laughter]" appears in this soon-to-be-famous Fed transcript at least 45 times. In retrospect, it was mostly gallows humor. Fed Chair ...

It turns out that one word appeared far more often than you might expect. The word was: “Laughter.” It wasn’t that the speakers were actually saying the word; it’s that the transcripts ...