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English constantly evolves as new words emerge and old ones vanish or transform: explore over 3,000 articles chronicling the shifting language of our times.
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Say Uncle: Origins of This Classic Cry for Mercy
When two children wrestle, why does one cry
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Zemblanity: The Opposite of Serendipity Explained
When good fortune has its opposite, what would you call the knack for stumbling into misfortune by sheer bad luck, the dark twin of
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Not so green as you
A Yorkshire saying that calls someone not as naive as they appear, blending
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World Wide Words: Full index
Full A-Z index to all articles, word histories, and features on World Wide Words.
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Octothorpe: The # Symbol
Why does the # symbol have so many names, and what does a Bell Labs joke from the 1960s tell us about
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