Have you ever wondered where all the weird words in English come from? For example, when someone refers to the presence of small children as "hearing the pitter-patter of little feet" — where on earth ...

Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...

A new book reveals how swear words came about and why, over time, what we find offensive has changed. NY Post composite In most people, language is generated on the left side of the brain — the half ...

Whimsically weird words make conversations even more interesting and they certainly stump the whippersnappers of this world. You may have heard of the silly terms and phrases like gobbledygook, ...

Tens of thousands of people have voted on the grossest word in the English language — with “pus” taking the top spot. The icky word — defined as “a thick yellowish or greenish liquid produced in ...

Believe it or not, groak is a verb that means “to stare at another’s food in hopes that he or she will offer you some, in the manner of dogs and certain people we know.” But you won’t find groak in ...

When Gov. Tim Walz called Donald Trump and his worldview “weird,” it got immediate attention, launched a thousand memes and may very well have helped him land the job as Kamala Harris’s running mate.