For any child of the '80s or '90s, the word "dude" conjures up a specific vibe: a laid-back, California surfer-skater — perhaps drinking a white Russian — unbothered (or maybe unaware) of the pressing ...

” is so common today that few people ever stop to think about where it came from or why we use it to describe automobiles. However, the term has a surprisingly long and interesting history that ...

Ever since its first use, in the sixth century, the word “modern” has been a term of opposition, writes Patricia Seed, a professor of history at Rice University. It remains “an empty signifier that we ...

Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language ...

Pumpkins are the bookends of autumn. Headlines about the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes signal summer's end. And soon after the last bites of pumpkin pie at the Thanksgiving table, we turn to plans ...

In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or phrase has changed throughout the history of the newspaper. Christie’s International Ltd., based in London, is about to start operations in New York ...

On the evening before Thanksgiving, the president of the United States took to his social media platform to claim in a lengthy screed that immigration was destroying the country. In one spurious ...

Scholar Jenni Nuttall speaks to ABC News Live. Articulating a woman's journey may not be an easy task, but in her new book, “Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words,” scholar Jenni ...

"The Beverly Hillbillies" cast in 1963, from left to right: Max Baer Jr. (as Jethro Bodine); Irene Ryan (as Granny, Daisy Moses); Buddy Ebsen (as Jed Clampett); and Donna Douglas (as Elly May Clampett ...

Netflix's History of Swear Words isn't good, exactly. But the series flawlessly delivers on its premise: What if Nicolas Cage narrated a history of expletives? Despite being a fan of both profanity ...