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

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 ...

Susie Dent has nailed the mood after Donald Trump declared himself winner of the US election 2024. The lexicographer, etymologist and Countdown star never fails to find a succinct way to sum up events ...

For more than 25 years author, speaker and etymologist Anu Garg has shared his love of words, wordplay and the stories behind language with a massive online community with his website wordsmith.org, ...

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 ...

Added Nov 10, 2016 at 10:53AM EST by Don. According to etymologist Barry Popik, [10] "drain the swamp" was originally used metaphorically in 1903 by Social Democratic Party organizer Winfield R.

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

October is here, which means spooky season is upon us. Trick-or-treaters will roam the streets of Greater Cincinnati, candy bags in hand, come Thursday, Oct. 31. It's no secret trick-or-treating ...

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that something has made the mainstream lexicon when it’s featured in a Taylor Swift song. “It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero,” the songstress ...

An expat is confused about what to reply when someone says ‘cheers’. Picture: Supplied Etymologist Susie Dent said the word “cheers” is derived from the Latin word “cara”, which means ...