"6-7" is a word, according to dictionary.com, which named it "word of the year" in October. The word, pronounced as ...

The word has many definitions, the best of which centers on respect and dignity.

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While Chris Minns has labelled the slogan ‘hateful, violent rhetoric’, others view it as an expression of support for Palestinians. Should contested phrases be outlawed?

Some holiday words have more than one meaning, like "trim" the tree. And some meanings have more than one word, like "gift" ...

In modern English, myrrh survives almost entirely as a symbolic word. It appears in religious narratives, historical accounts ...

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FA9LA” itself is more than an identity, in many cultures, as it is also a “wish, prayer, & promise for the new life.” The meanings associated with “FA9LA” in no way can be considered limited, as it ...

“Yinz” is essentially Pittsburgh’s version of “y’all.” It’s used as a second-person plural pronoun, so someone living in Pittsburgh might ask, “Yinz want to get something to eat?” Yinz — sometimes ...

Fr. Rodrigues: What is historical is that Jesus was born. So obviously December 25 is not actually the historical date when ...

Why do people react so differently to the same situation? Experts decode the neuroscience and psychology behind emotional triggers and behaviour.

Wassail — from a greeting meaning “be in good health” — evokes some kind of ancient holiday tradition. But its particulars, like the spiced beverage, can be cloudy.