WORDS

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

Here are some word endings that have become productive to varying degrees.

The lyric “Vamos a la playa, todos con sombrero / El viento radiactivo, despeina los cabellos” translates to “Let’s go to the beach, everyone in a sombrero / The radioactive wind, messes up the hair.”

These narrative forms are similar, but not exactly the same.

Show your friends you’re no oaf this April 1 with these 21 foolishly fun synonyms.

The Vietnamese word ‘cột sống’ technically means “spine”—but to the country’s Gen Zers, it’s slang for something else entirely.

Word is a word. Noun is a noun. Autological words are a self-centered, self-referential bunch.

Cornell’s SpellRing could change the ASL translation game.

In the 19th century, 'inside baseball' only had one meaning—here's how it came to be.

This St. Patrick’s Day, discover the origins of this old Irish idiom and how it all ties back to the Blarney Stone in Ireland.

‘Radíidin’ means “a time allegedly a holiday but actually so much a burden because of work and preparations that it is a dreaded occasion.” ‘Thehena’ is a word for “Joy despite negative circumstances.”

How did the word for a female dog become a derogatory word for women? We explain.