According to Oxford, the term "rage bait" was first used online in 2002 in reference to the reaction of a driver who is ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...

Remember when your parents would warn you, "Don’t listen to that, it’ll rot your brain," referring to songs, words, or readings they thought were literally harmful to your brain because they offered ...

A definition of a word For these reasons, I define a word as an arbitrary symbol that is used conversationally, that is, declaratively. This definition excludes cries, whimpers, and other unlearned ...

40 years ago, on October 25, 1983, Microsoft unveiled Word, a WYSIWYG text editor. Today, this legendary piece of software and one of the oldest Windows apps marks its 40th birthday. To celebrate this ...

The word “labyrinthine” is an adjective that means something that is intricate and confusing. It can also mean something that ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

At Reader’s Digest, we love stories. From exciting thrillers to harrowing tales of survival, stories remind us of love, loss, and what it means to be human. And a good story doesn’t have to be long.

Merriam-Webster raised the hackles of stodgy grammarians last week when it affirmed the lexical veracity of "irregardless." The word's definition, when reading it, would seem to be: without without ...

Businesses spend money on all types of advertising, but a word-of-mouth approach costs little while it effectively spreads recommendations for your business. In this type of marketing, your clients ...

But rage bait is becoming much more common, according to the Social Switch Project, to the point where Oxford University selected "rage bait" as its 2025 Word of the Year. Here's what rage bait ...