Today, Slate is releasing the latest edition of a new weekly game called SoundBites. It’s a little bit crossword, a little bit phonics, and entirely dependent on the fact that English pronunciation ...

English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Take pl ...

The Oxford English Dictionary describes floccinaucinihilipilification as ‘the action or habit of estimating something as worthless’.

Despite its impressive length, the meaning is simple. The word is commonly used to describe something extremely good, wonderful or delightful.

Word of the Day: Ebullient highlights the richness of English vocabulary and the ability of language to capture the vibrant energy of human expression.

The English language is full of surprises, and some of its most fascinating ones come in the form of words so long they look impossible to pronounce. While most of us stick to simple, everyday vocab, ...

The glottal T is a common pronunciation feature in British English, especially in informal speech. This lesson explains when it appears, how it sounds, and how to recognize it in everyday UK ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

Word of the Day: Over 2 million English words exist, yet “sartorial meaning” is trending in Google search this year. Readers ...

Hypethral meaning: Language has a way of capturing ideas so specific and vivid that a single word can make you imagine an entire scene. Today's word of the day, 'Hypethral' is one of those words. Word ...