A little motivation from retired NFL player Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski to actor Sam Elliott in a USAA advertisement inspired the ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “strange” as “different from usual.” Its definition of “fauna” is “animal ...

Context and references mean more than what the almighty dictionary says a word means. Merriam-Webster’s fun little awards touch on an important change in our culture. Since we are often living ...

Myra Kahn Adams is a conservative political and religious writer with numerous national credits. Her book, "Bible Study For ...

Black beans meant “no,” while white beans meant “yes.” “The beans were supposed to be counted in secret, but if somebody ...

Being a parent is difficult, but the role is fairly clear. Being a grandparent is anything but clear. It is both wonderful ...

If someone calls your tastes 'bourgeois,' should you thank them or shake a fist? You might have to check first with Moliere, ...

This one word has more meanings than most I can think of in the English language. You may think: “Really, Leon? I’m pretty ...

The first words are the hardest. For many of us writing is a slog ... as our full review of “The Sense of Style” describes. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage. Merriam-Webster; 989 pages; ...

I couldn’t think of a writer, assuming he was the writer of all his plays, who has coined more words than William Shakespeare ...

Coffee Break, what songs that have the word “more” in the title or that embody the definition of the word would you like to hear?

Webster’s Dictionary defines ... for putting the two words together. The claim that religion could not be science or be scientific is based on a widely accepted definition of the term as limited ...