How Much of the New American Songbook Will Be Sung in Spanish?

Isabelia Herrera

Oct 18, 2018 5:45 AM

A Meditation on the Evolution of the Word Like

John H. McWhorter

Oct 16, 2018 2:05 PM

Chrissy Teigen Gave Up on People Mispronouncing Her Name. As Someone With My Own “Difficult” Name, I Get It.

Rachelle Hampton

Sept 19, 2018 6:05 AM

Is It Too Ducking Much to Ask Apple to Create a Swear-Friendly Autocorrect Mode?

Rachel Withers

Sept 11, 2018 5:24 PM

Politicians Who Use Fascist Rhetoric Don’t Always Turn Out to Be Fascist Leaders. Will Trump?

Isaac Chotiner

Sept 10, 2018 7:00 AM

The Phrase “Adults in the Room” Has Become a Well-Worn Trump-Era Trope. It Shouldn’t Be.

Rebecca Onion

Sept 10, 2018 5:55 AM

The World Seems Full of “Lady Bosses.” But What Are They Actually Running?

Christina Cauterucci

Aug 31, 2018 11:57 AM

What’s the Best Analogy to Explain Cryptocurrency?

Rachel Withers

Aug 30, 2018 8:00 AM

Who Really Owns the “Blaccent”?

Lauren Michele Jackson

Aug 28, 2018 9:23 AM

Why Y’all Should Be Our Salvation From the Sexist, Bro-y Tyranny of You Guys

Rachelle Hampton

Aug 27, 2018 5:29 PM

How Other Countries Have Translated The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’s Absurdly Long Title

Marissa Martinelli

Aug 16, 2018 7:33 AM

Why Do We Keep Talking About Election “Meddling” Like We’re Living in a Hardy Boys Novel?

Melissa Jayne Kinsey

Aug 08, 2018 10:56 AM

Offering Tech Support to Older Parents Is Even More Frustrating When There’s a Language Barrier

Kendra Stanton Lee

Aug 08, 2018 9:30 AM

Blindspotting and the Gentrification of Language

Maya Phillips

Aug 03, 2018 4:00 PM

This Toy Commercial for a Presidential Version of Scrabble Has All the Best Words

Marissa Martinelli

Aug 02, 2018 7:45 AM

In Sorry to Bother You, “Sounding White” Means Success. But Linguistic Prejudice Isn’t Limited to Fiction.

Katie Martin

July 20, 2018 2:42 PM

Why I Procrastinate by Compiling My Own Niche Dictionaries

Lane Parker

July 19, 2018 9:07 AM

Why Kids May Be the Key to Communicating With Alien Life

Kate Morgan

July 12, 2018 4:02 PM

All the Cool Lines From the New Trailer for the Upcoming Mark Wahlberg Movie Mile 22, Ranked by How Useful They Would Be to Integrate Into Your Daily Life

Matthew Dessem

June 30, 2018 4:24 PM

Why Haven’t the Obituaries for Koko the Ape Talked About Her Purported Nipple Fetish?

Charles Seife

June 21, 2018 7:24 PM