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

Paranormal Activity: The Language of Ghastly Ghouls

Holidays

Know Your Ghosts or Get Spooked

Holidays

Outrageously Creative Costumes For Language Lovers

Holidays

Yummy Cocktails With Nasty-Sounding Names

Food & Drink

The Slang of Suds: Know Your Beer!

Food & Drink

Bizarre Town Names We Couldn’t Make Up

Hobbies & Passions

Behind The Scenes Of Bizarre Film Genres

Pop Culture

Food Terms To Avoid Abroad

Food & Drink

From Fartistes to Chicken Sexers: The Strangest Jobs You Could...

History

Gotta Catch ‘Em All: Crazy Collectors

Hobbies & Passions

Set Sail Mateys! Swashbuckling Words Ahead

History

7 Speaking Styles That Drive People Crazy

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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.