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Booyah — Dictionary.com Is 30! A Trip Back to 1995

10 New Dating Slang Words To Know In 2022

Pop Culture

14 Delicious Bread Terms Everyone “Kneads” To Know

Food & Drink

12 Holiday Drinks to Spice Up a Cold Winter Night

Food & Drink

The Connection Between Veterans Day And The Number 11

History

The Lights of Diwali: Makes This Festival So Radiant

History

Vegan vs. Vegetarian: Understand The Difference

Commonly Confused

Speak Of The Devil! 15 Infernal Names For The Evil...

Holidays

18 All-Star Baseball Terms We Can’t Live Without

Hobbies & Passions

These Are Some of the Best Words to Describe Scorpios

Hobbies & Passions

16 Spanish-Derived Words That Highlight Hispanic Cultures

History

13 Pizza Terms and Styles to Sauce up Your Pizza...

Food & Drink

13 Wicked Words For A Fun (And Fright) Filled Halloween

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Words We Know Because Of Star Trek

Whether or not you're a Trekkie, you are bound to know (and even use) some of these phrases made popular by the beloved sci-fi franchise, Star Trek.

Beam over to these words!

Why Do Americans Call Football “Soccer”?

Why does the most popular sport in the world have two names? Learn about where the names "football" and soccer" come from, and who uses them now.

Find out which term came first.

Have You Ever Heard Of These Strange Studies?

From Escapology to Scatology, we’re touring the campus of out-of-the-ordinary fields of study in which some people specialize. Did your campus have these majors?

Discover your next major.