Reader’s Digest spoke to Michael Adams, a professor of English and linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington, to learn ...

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America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ first verse celebrates America’s beauty, the other three ask us to fully ...

"TACO trade" was coined in May about President Trump's whiplash tariff policies. Here's what it means and why it's resurfacing in political discourse.

Actress Ana de Armas said they wanted the phrase 'fight like a girl' to be empowering and motivational, transforming it from something once used in a derogatory way.

An expression in Italy is being used to mean insulating yourself from the world's unpleasantness.

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

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During the press conference, Vice Admiral A.N. Pramod, the Director General of Naval Operations, invoked the Sanskrit phrase 'Sham no Varunah' at the end of his statement. Here's what it means.

We explain the meaning of Habemus Papam, the Latin phrase used to officially announce the election of a new Pope.