Many people use simple English words every day, but many of them use these words in the wrong way. This happens because these ...

Modern progressive political narratives depend heavily upon the misuse of words, changing their meaning in hopes that people ...

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Language is a definitely a funny thing. Words or expressions that we consider to be universal are simply not. This has direct implications for international business. Growing up in Massachusetts and ...

"Out of pocket" can mean different things depending on who you ask — and where you're from. Millennials are facing a linguistic reckoning after learning this phrase means something else for Gen Z.

Some time ago, I fell into conversation with a colleague about what we had been reading lately, and the person suggested that I absolutely must give Henry James’s “The Ambassadors” a try. The pandemic ...

Cincinnati newspapers competed to see who could best promote their city. This cartoon from 1903 “booms” the upcoming Cincinnati Fall Festival. // IMAGE EXTRACTED FROM MICROFILM BY GREG HAND Some words ...