The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has expanded its lexicon for 2026 with the inclusion of 22 new expressions drawn from ...

Anthony Edwards brought the ball up the floor and attempted to get the ball to the sharpshooter, but Norman Powell — who went ...

In January 2025, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Oxford English Dictionary added Nigerian terms, including Japa, 419, agberoo, abi, area boy, yahoo boy, yahoo, Edo, and Kanuri, to its global ...

Language often gives us words that quietly describe the fabric of everyday life, and quotidian is one such word. Though it may sound formal or literar.

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

Our discussion of flat adverbs continues today as we, firstly, add more examples. I hope you remember what flat adverbs are: those that do not carry -ly. Rather, they have the same forms as adjectives ...

Adverbs are of different types. Among such are adverbs of manner (like smoothly, awkwardly and loudly) and those of time (today, yesterday and now). But there is a type not commonly taught: the one ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 made it easier for workers to file so-called "reverse discrimination" lawsuits after siding with Ohio worker Marlean Ames who claimed she didn't get a job and was ...

You know those words that describe how you do something, quickly, loudly, carefully? Those are called adverbs of manner, and they’re some of the most useful adverbs ...

We use oxymorons all the time, but have you ever thought about how weird they actually are? A closer look at these contradictory phrases and quotes will make you laugh. Some oxymorons are accidental ...

Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems, or data. For example, instead of trying to find a software ...