This word rose to popularity from out of nowhere and became embedded in Aussie culture. An OAM recipient says it is the most ...

Beacon Journal readers ask about the origin of common sayings such as ‘getting off scot-free’ and ‘a chip off the old block.’ ...

A special court in Mumbai has granted permission to a Ukrainian woman, arrested in a money laundering case linked to multi-crore Torres investment fraud, to use an English-to-Russian translation ...

Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...

The Oxford English Dictionary traces possible origins to Old High German “halâ,” a cry used to hail a ferryman, and to “halloo,” a hunting call urging hounds forward ...

But fans know they cannot be complacent, and a fixture quirk means Arsenal are approaching a crunch point in their season - ...

Prashant Pandit’s documentary The Word and the Teacher shows that, even after a century, Ferdinand Kittel lives on in the hearts of Kannada lovers ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has given the green light for the use of 22 African slangs that are now officially ...

THERE has been a remarkable surge of global interest in Japan recently, a trend most visibly evidenced by the dramatic influx ...

TOKYO, Jan 14 — Language doesn’t stand still — it absorbs, adapts and occasionally gets nudged along ...

Sorry, patriotic coffee lovers: calling your watered-down espresso a “Canadiano” might feel like you’re giving a middle ...

Only reason you looked forward to coming back to work was to escape screaming kids and the 67 trend? Think again.