It's often said that about 75% of an employee's learning comes from informal venues, not — as might be expected — from a college degree or an accredited institution. Although this might come as a ...

Do you want to sound natural or artificial when you have an informal conversation? If you use formal language while chatting with someone face to face or online, you sound unnatural as formal language ...

From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting slang words.Gary Yeowell/Getty Images From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting ...

Lovers of avocado toast can rejoice. The word "avo" — for avocado — is now listed at www.merriam-webster.com. An example of avo being used in a sentence: "Personally, I love avocado, and if you time ...

Let me just start by saying—all words are made up. Language wasn’t bestowed on us on holy tablets and delivered by Advanced Placement Moses so that our tongues would know what to do with themselves.

The word ''homer'' was searched for nearly 75,000 times in May 2022 The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022 as "homer", saying that it was inspired by the global word game ...

The American Dialect Society selected a term that refers to the deterioration of online platforms. By Sam Corbin Sam Corbin reported this story in New York, from the American Dialect Society’s annual ...

Every single one of us uses British slang words - and we do it so often we don't even notice. Whether something is 'ace', you're too 'skint' to go out or your cat's gone 'bonkers' - the country's rich ...

From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting slang words. You don't want to be described as "dim," "a mug," or "a few sandwiches short of a picnic." If you're ...

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