The barber clips together a lock of hair before he clips off the ends. The political boss sanctions a protest rally calling for sanctions. The stars come out only after the lights go out. In grammar ...

Draco Malfoy, a character played by Tom Felton in the Harry Potter series, has unexpectedly become a symbol of Lunar New Year festivities in China thanks to a linguistic quirk.

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Singer and rapper Example suffered a blunder during a recent gig after telling a woman to “get up and dance”, apparently not realising she was pregnant and disabled. Footage of the awkward moment was ...

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The son looked up to the setting sun. He was a knight who didn’t fear the night. He was the one who won the battle. Now he needed a break so he put on the brake. As a non-native speaker, the English ...

The laugh-out-loud workplace comedy “30 Rock” (2006–2013) averaged more than seven jokes per minute, using the gamut of gags to get guffaws. Beyond a spectacular cast (Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy ...

From an innovative (and subsequently controversial) opening ceremony to shattered world records across the sports spectrum, the Paris Olympics have marked a celebratory return to the Games we knew and ...

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...

In addition to being one of the most fun words to say—and hardest to spell—in English, “onomatopoeia” probably calls to mind a whole bunch of silly, fun words. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating ...