Alexander Hartmann, a physicist at the University of Oldenburg, in Germany, has introduced a new model to explain a common word puzzle phenomenon. In his paper published in the journal Physical Review ...

On Tuesday, Dictionary.com deemed the word "woman" to be the word of the year for 2022, calling it a "prime example of the many gender terms undergoing shifts." The site suggested that, "more than ...

As the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson went into hour 13, Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday to define the word “woman.” “I can’t — ” Jackson replied ...

While Google’s word definitions may literally be a little odd at times, the “define word” search command is incredibly convenient—and it’s now got a whole ...

The latest controversy stems from a deep confusion about how language works. A “descriptivist” is someone who studies how language is used. A “prescriptivist” is someone who tells other people how to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents know that at about 18 months of age, toddlers start talking up a storm -- a vocabulary surge dubbed a "word spurt" -- and some scientists have credited complex brain ...