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

Piblings & Niblings: Do You Know These Words For Aunts,...

Current Events

Treat Yourself To The Origins Of 11 Food Toponyms

Food & Drink

Compete For Linguistic Gold With These Olympics Words

Current Events

Words That Every Leo Should Know

Hobbies & Passions

16 French Loanwords That Add Some Panache To English

History

6 New Emoji Share The Spotlight On World Emoji Day...

Holidays

Get The Scoop On These Ice Cream Words

Food & Drink

Frites, Chips, and More: French Fries Around the World

Food & Drink

10 Commonly Mispronounced US City Names To Navigate Your Way...

Language Stories

Deliciously Indulgent Words About Chocolate

Food & Drink

Chew On The Twists And Turns Of These Pasta Names...

Food & Drink

Get To The Heart Of Soul Food With These Words

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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.