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

How Do You Spell Chanukah (or Is It Hanukkah)?

Holidays

Is “Cheesecake” Really A Cake?

Food & Drink

Discover The Origins Of These Cooking Tool Names

Food & Drink

Where Did The Expression “Hair Of The Dog” Come From?

Food & Drink

Are “Season’s Greetings”?

Holidays

“America The Beautiful” Lyrics You Probably Don’t Know

History

7 Spooky Words For Halloween

Holidays

Mercury In Retrograde Meaning, Facts, And Dates

Hobbies & Passions

How Words For Tastes Became Words For Traits

Food & Drink

Is the Medical Term for People Who Shop Too...

Hobbies & Passions

Does “Craft Beer” Actually Mean?

Food & Drink

“Barbecuing,” “Grilling,” And “Smoking”: ’s The Difference?

Commonly Confused
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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.