One netizen remarked that the only thing missing from the phrase is ‘pissen.’ ...

Today’s weather phrase is an old idiom that means … it’s really hot! What’s interesting is how far back this one goes, not to ...

Figures of speech, like words, evolve. Take “vicious cycle,” for example. For a solid century, there was no “vicious cycle” — ...

Our brains swear for good reasons: to vent, cope, boost our grit and feel closer to those around us. Swear words can act as ...

Threatening to leave can set off a cascade of insecurity in your partner, going right to the heart of many people's deepest ...

A man with a severe speech disability is able to speak expressively and sing using a brain implant that translates his neural ...

We've grown used to American words and phrases killing off traditional British sayings but this is one which originated in ...

To most kids, “FAFO” is how they tell their peers, “I dare you to do it” — whatever “it” means. Merriam-Webster states that “FAFO” is also “an expression of schadenfreude ” (a German word for the ...

We are concluding our discussion on phrases, clauses and sentences today. In the last two classes, we compared the three, underlining how a sentence is ...

People who are deeply unhappy often say things that penetrate their psyche, keeping them feeling unfulfilled and dissatisfied ...

In parts of England, people regularly say “it’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s" when dark clouds appear to the east ...

The former Disney Channel star, best known for playing Matt McGuire on Lizzie McGuire, tells PEOPLE exclusively that he was doing an interview at the Osmosis Jones premiere on Aug. 7, 2001, at The ...