Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

The word “synonym” shows up in print about 18 times more often than the word “homonym,” according to Google’s Ngram Viewer. It’s nearly 13 times more popular than “antonym,” even though “antonym” ...

We've all had this experience: You hear a new word (say, skoosh or spim), kinda-sorta think you know what it means, but then forget it nearly as soon as you've heard it. Why can't you make that newly ...