The English lexicon includes some terms known as "proper words," which today apparently exist only in English. Cognates for them cannot be found in any other language. These are very simple and common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered where all the weird words in English come from? For example, when someone refers to the presence of small ...

The history of words like 'blog' is humorous and comic During an 1833 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a spirited discussion took place about what to call those who ...

Other languages have words that mean false, tacky, or trying too hard, but only the English slang term “cheesy” can fully express something so fake that it stinks like Camembert: “He came up to me at ...