Tariffs are President Trump's favorite word. That's not an exaggeration. "I always say 'tariffs' is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary," he said at a rally just hours after his ...

This is a little silly for two reasons: 1. It presumes golf fans are more worried about root words during the Masters broadcast than their parlays. 2. Masters fandom is about as fanatical as it ...

Out of the 470,000 English words that have been created and used over the years, more than 150,000 have Greek roots. Even more impressive is that the terminology used in many sciences includes many ...

how did the word “podcast” come to be? It seems like such a modern term, but its origins reveal a surprisingly intricate story. From its roots in technology and cinema to its surprising link ...

While working on my endorsement for English as a second language, I learned about cognates—words that share similar meanings, spellings, and pronunciations across two languages. Back then, I thought ...

Buddy is another Irish Gaelic word, which comes from the Irish expression, a vuddy, or a bhodaigh, which means something like "pal." The root of the word bhodaigh is strangely, bod, which is the ...

To put it another way, you’ll need to grasp how different words are formed to expand your vocabulary. In this post, we’ll go through the phrases ‘root word,’ ‘root,’ and ‘affix.’ More specifically, we ...

EVICTED Celebrity Big Brother housemate Levi Roots has revealed the words of wisdom he gave Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu after her exit from the show. Love Island legend Ekin came under fire from her co ...

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