The contracted form of "nor'easter" has inspired feelings as strong as the storm's gusts. Its various detractors have called it "a fake, pseudo-Yankee neologism," a "festering sore in today's marine ...

Weather forecasters at the National Weather Service, The Weather Channel and this very news organization had a name for the kind of storm that upended daily life for ...

Creators of the world’s most trusted dictionaries, Oxford University Press, have been busy updating their children’s dictionaries and thesauruses, and the brand new books – for both early and middle ...

See what words this 8th grader spelled correctly to secure his spot in the next round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ...

David Butterfield on the past and present of higher education.

"Peace" has been chosen as the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025, according to research carried out by Oxford University Press (OUP). More than a third (35%) of children chose the word, which ...

The concise editions of the Oxford English Dictionary are seen on display at a bookstore in London on Jan. 16, 2026. (Mainichi/Hojin Fukunaga) Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the ...

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis has 45 letters. Floccinaucinihilipilification means something is worthless. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was ...

THERE has been a remarkable surge of global interest in Japan recently, a trend most visibly evidenced by the dramatic influx of tourists. Filipino travelers, in particular, are arriving in record ...

Certain canines can learn using cues from people’s gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers find Whether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young ...

English is spoken everywhere. Do British and American English words confuse you sometimes? Don’t worry, many learners face this challenge. Both versions are valid and popular. But when you compare ...