Our first and last names are crucial to our identities. After all, they are literally the things that people can distinguish us by. But have you ever thought about how humanity came to the point ...

Closing this year’s CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition, the Countdown lexicographer and etymologist discussed the ...

The very culture of fear and compliance he will instil in his citizens and our leaders.” Jason Manford, the comedian, claimed ...

It's no secret trick-or-treating is all about getting copious amounts of candy. But where does the Halloween tradition come ...

"America's greatest etymologist has passed away, and Harvard has lost one of her most gifted and faithful sons." This tribute, paid to Professor Edward Stevens Sheldon '72, is one of many included ...

Laura Fink, transformation officer at HR software provider HiBob, explained that she demonstrated listening by implementing ...

The previous night, the traditional night of Samhain, became All Hallow’s Eve, its spookiness very much intact. It doesn’t ...

Lexicographer, etymologist, and star of British game show "Countdown," Susie Dent, posted an incredibly appropriate "word of the day" on her social media following yesterday's election in the United ...

I wrote a story recently with five f---s in it and when the story was published, sure enough, three of the four letters in ...

It's funny because: Colloquially, "meanest" means best, so at first you think that the man is disagreeing with the shop's claim abouts its grilled cheese. But "mean" also means average, so, he's ...

The chicken, according to the anti-joke, crossed the road to the get to other side. The hedgehog meanwhile was more gregarious, he wanted to see his flatmate. Archaic playground puns both may be, but ...

SONG FOR MADONNA An ode to Madonna's overpublicized upcoming nuptials, with apologies to Javits and Springer and to Eartha Kitt. The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 ...