Hearty vs. Hardy: What’s the Difference?
You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’
You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’
The world is heating up, and things are often on fire—literally. As we do what we can to squelch the flames, check out some old and obscure words people of the past used when they wanted to talk about all things fire.
A vast vocabulary of words have been invented, borrowed, and accumulated over the centuries to describe almost every color and shade imaginable.
‘For Pete’s sake’ originated around the early 20th century, but the Pete in question may have lived long before that.
Try your hand at the 1913 diamond grid that kicked off the crossword puzzle craze.
The answer is a bit complicated.
These 17 synonyms for sex earned a place in the ‘1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.’
While your Deaf friends might get a good laugh when you accidentally sign “f**k you” instead of “thank you,” it’s still best to know the correct signs when interacting within the Deaf community.
Discover the most commonly mispronounced tech terms and brand names, and settle once and for all whether it’s ”jif or ”gif.”
‘Of course’ is one of the most versatile ‘yes’ synonyms we have. But what does it actually mean?
Knowing a bit of Dutch slang will not just help you find your bearings when you visit Amsterdam and its surroundings, but also earn you respect from the locals—who, despite being great at English, have a strong connection to their mother tongue.
The difference between bugs and insects comes down to more than just semantics. Both terms have scientific definitions.
Here are a few charming, cute, and kooky kudos from the days of yore.
We’re all familiar with the feeling of having an idea or subject stuck in your head that makes it difficult to think about anything else. But why (and when) did we start comparing that experience to a bee buzzing around in your hat?
Back slang is kind of like a lexical puzzle that everyone from costermongers and criminals of the Victorian era to today’s Wordle fans can appreciate.
Need a better word to describe what ails you? Look no further than this list of old, unusual ways to describe your aches, pains, and whatever else is happening in your body.
When TVs became popular in the 20th century, some people started calling it ‘the tube.’ That nickname soon spawned an even catchier one: ‘the boob tube.’
All you need for this easy grammar check is a couple of pronouns you already know how to use correctly.
Pluralizing a last name can seem confusing—and it gets even more confusing when you want to make a name both plural and possessive. Here’s how to correctly do both.
The f-word is often thought of as the most useful and flexible word in English. Whether that’s true or not, the term is so successful that it’s spawned dozens of euphemisms. Here are a few of them.
Here’s why some homophone examples also work as homograph and homonym examples.
If you want to take your Spanish to the next level (or el siguiente nivel), why not brush up on these idioms?
Is it coleslaw or cold slaw? Deep-seated or deep-seeded? There are right answers, but the wrong ones seem kind of right, too.
Sometimes words move up in the world. Their meanings change with time, becoming more positive—a process linguists call amelioration.