It's annoying It's not yours It's not cool You can't pronounce it: The O is not pronounced as in pop but as in low and the kay as in gray, not sky. Oldies despise the word and avoid it because they ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's... OK, is Martin Van Buren responsible for the tiny ...

Allan Metcalf's new book claims that the word "OK" is America's greatest invention. This offers a pair of provocations. How can "OK" be an invention? On a certain day, a certain guy just dreamed up ...

Hundreds of words that were previously off-limits to Scrabble players are now fair game. The newest version of Merriam-Webster’s The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary boasts 300 new words, ...

A University of Oklahoma professor is apologizing after using the N-word during a discussion on journalism. According to college newspaper, the OU Daily, Mass Communications professor Peter Gade said ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, the languages may differ, but nearly every taxi driver or street vendor in the world understands one word made famous during a raucous U.S.