Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

The 2024 "Words of the Year" were revealed from top dictionaries like Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Cambridge. Dictionary.com’s top word was "demure," reflecting a surge in ...

Director of Slang and New Language Archive, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King's College London It seems to come earlier every year: publishers and dictionaries choosing their “word of the ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2024 is "polarization," which it defines as "division into two sharply distinct opposites." (The word beat out "brain rot," but one wonders if it did so ...

Last month, Rose Horowitch wrote the article “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” which sparked a lot of debate. Professors told Horowitch that their students felt overwhelmed ...

Even Vice President Kamala Harris was laughing at her own word salads during a post-election speech Tuesday. As many of her supporters still reel from her defeat in November, Harris urged an ...