The full ninth edition of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française has been presented to France's President Macron.

Long-time favorite four-letter-word ‘f***’ has crept more steadily in recent decades into media, society, slang and even ...

Wage growth in the UK remains above inflation, boosting purchasing power despite rising unemployment. Higher business costs ...

In American English, grammar experts prefer "toward" over "towards," along with "backward," "forward" and "afterward," though ...

Wikipedia’s page for the “Longest Word in English” should be pretty straightforward. It might take a while to type out, but you dump in one word, a brief etymology, and then you can move on to the lar ...

Countdown star Susie Dent said that swearing is a 'good thing' and can be 'therapeutic' for the body. The daytime TV lexicographer and podcaster is fascinated by the origins of cursing and thinks it ...

When you say that a candidate has had a rather ‘chequered career’, what you are suggesting is that he has been constantly ...

SPORT co-host Rory Jennings refused to apologise to Brighton fans for his belittling comments about the club. In fact, he ...

A quarter century since we learned about ‘carbon footprints’, researchers say it’s time to change the conversation.View on ...

Especially with texting being such a staple in today’s communication, abbreviations, contractions, and other words that just don’t sound as if they possibly could be considered legitimate have become ...