The English language is a curious melting pot of words from across the globe, forged through a millennia of invasions, wars, colonial expansion and scientific and cultural developments. Sandwiches get ...

It’s a slightly bonkers challenge to try to identify the funniest words in English out of a vocabulary of 750,000 words, but since we’d already covered the most beautiful words and the weirdest ones, ...

This blog delves into the history of words ... However, over time, certain words in the English language have been overused or morphed to the point where their original meaning has been diluted ...

Born on the Channel Island of Jersey, Simon moved to the UK to attend the University of Bath where he studied electrical and electronic engineering. Since then a varied career has included being ...

There's something Neil's forgotten to do and now he has to face the music. Listen to the programme to find out why.

That is because English has taken the word for “underwear” and applied it exclusively to fancy and high-end undergarments because, you know, anything French is luxury. 8 of 20 Hamburger (German) ...

Just as good words can go bad, disreputable terms can become respectable members of the linguistic community. There are a number of ways by which such transformations occur. Names for New Things ...

Words become part of a battle of competing narratives in which the narrative is a tool to achieve a political outcome. In the Israeli-Palestinian battle of narratives, they, more often than not ...

This word, used to describe a state of peace and happiness, is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘nirvana’ meaning extinction. Derived from the Sanskrit word Jagannatha which refers to a deity of Lord ...

The English language is full of words with origins in Greek mythology. Credit: jovike. CC BY 2.0/flickr The English language is the most extensive language in the world, providing its users with more ...

It needs little explanation, but for the unacquainted, it’s a word meaning fun or a good time, that’s entered English from Ireland. But its origin is a little more complicated than that.

Since the book came out last fall, Zafarris says, she’s heard from readers about words she included or left out. The book’s sections include words about sex, war, monsters, and all manner of violence.