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

Word Is Your State Looking Up On Mother’s Day?

Holidays

Finding Love And Friendship Through Words With Friends

Hobbies & Passions

How To Name A Cocktail

Food & Drink

Kind Of Songs Get To Be Called “Country Music”?

Pop Culture

These Made-Up Languages Aren’t Just For Kids

Pop Culture

’s It Called When You Misinterpret Lyrics?

Language Stories

The Real Meanings Behind These Popular Celebrity Nicknames

Pop Culture

Why Is The Word “Root” In “Root Beer”?

Food & Drink

How To Speak Queer Eye

Fun

Why We Don’t Think Kylie Is “Self-Made”

Pop Culture

Can We Call Products “Meat” or “Milk” If They Don’t...

Food & Drink

Game of Thrones Language Explained: ’s “Dothraki”?

Pop Culture
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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.

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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.