language

All hail the word ‘cunt’

Ana Valens— June 1

Big red barn

The language rule you never think about but always get right

Cynthia McKelvey— September 5

Close up of people with contemporary mobile phones

Study suggests that women are nicer than men on Facebook

Jaya Saxena— June 1

person hiding behind a computer which is spewing swear words

Is the Internet making us curse more?

Gillian Branstetter— April 19

Shruggie emoticon spray-painted on brick wall

How the Internet is changing the English language

Cynthia McKelvey— April 17

Want to learn Arabic? These Syrian refugees will teach you via Skype

Selena Larson— March 29

Bieber in Sunglasses

11-year-old corrects the grammar in Justin Bieber’s ‘Boyfriend’

David Britton— March 10

Oxford Dictionary stack

Oxford apologizes for ‘flippant’ tweet about ‘rabid feminist’

Carrie Nelson— January 25

Japanese woman running from creep

New wearable translator comes with world’s creepiest marketing video

Mary Emily O'Hara— January 7

texting

Ending your texts with periods is a social sin, according to science

Cynthia McKelvey— December 8

The Durnsleys

J.K. Rowling’s American term for ‘muggle’ isn’t stupid—it’s just new

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw— November 5

letters

Apparently, 80 percent of Americans think their good spellers

Miles Klee— August 20

Teeth bared emoji

Now you can find out your state’s most popular emoji

Selena Larson— August 18

Beer fridge

This Google-made beer fridge only opens if enough people talk to it

Selena Larson— June 26

dictionary

You’ll never guess which word just made it into the dictionary

Miles Klee— May 26

dictionary

Dictionary.com adds ‘basic,’ ‘brogrammer,’ and ‘revenge porn’

Miles Klee— May 6

kindergarten concert

World’s worst man removed from kindergarten concert for ‘English only!’ chant

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw— April 28

Klingons

Duolingo adds Klingon to its language tutorials

Aja Romano— April 10

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