Few phrases in 2025 befuddled parents, teachers and others over the age of, say 40, more than “6-7.” Dictionary.com even ...

Besides "6-7," “demure,” “incentivize,” “perfect,” “gift/gifted,” “my bad” and “reach out” also made the 50th annual ...

I certainly hope nobody out there says "to be pacific," but if you do, it's never too late to change! Take the quiz here. These words are extremely challenging. You'd still be the smartest person I ...

George F. Will recently named five misapplied words. Here are our readers’ picks. August 8, 2025 at 2:53 p.m. EDTToday at 2:53 p.m. EDT Warning: This graphic ...

We all know how tricky language can be. Sometimes, words take on new meanings or get used in ways we didn't expect. "Gaslighting" is one of those words that has recently entered common conversation, ...

We’re all tempted to use words that we’re not too familiar with. We throw them around in meetings, e-mails and important documents (such as resumes and client proposals), and they land, like ...

I love words and value their appropriate usage a lot. You may very well agree. Then why do so many people have such a hard time with good usage, often saying and writing in ways that make ...

Today in books and publishing: Amazon is selling Spanish language e-books, David Foster Wallace once misused a word, and you can now read Dickens with all the original ads. Good news, fans of original ...