The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer and legislator Patrick Henry to persuade Virginia ...

What does getting jodied mean? This phrase is commonly used in military slang — but its real meaning might surprise you and break your heart.

Madness.” Even if you’re not much of a basketball fan, you’re seeing and hearing this phrase all over right now, unless you’re living in a cave — although ...

Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a common idiom to mean that unusual events don’t happen to the same person ...

These phrases are known far and wide in Ireland. Find out what they really mean in time for St. Patrick's Day.

No one wants to hear these words from a significant other. Dating expert Louanne Ward warned that a simple phrase could be a glaring red flag that signals trouble in paradise. “When somebody ...

On Tuesday, he did with “drill, baby, drill” what he’s done with words like “patriot,” “freedom” and even “conservative”: wrung out its meaning ... To borrow a phrase, “think, ...

Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Mr. Baker is also host ...

But how did that name come to be used to mean “enthusiastic ... The term soon became an expression of military enthusiasm and zealousness among his men. From there, the word quickly entered ...

According to this bit of java lore, shop owner Joe Martinson, who ran Martinson Coffee in New York City, allegedly popularized the phrase cup of Joe. The phrase started as a marketing strategy and ...