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

Stuffing vs. Dressing: Do You Know The Difference?

Food & Drink

Is Cyber Monday? Discover the Origin of This Day

Holidays

Gather Around The Table With These 15 Thanksgiving Words

Holidays

Essential Cooking Terms To Know For A Tempting Thanksgiving Meal

Food & Drink

Trim Up Your Vocab with This List of Beard and...

Pop Culture

These Food Idioms Can Help You Digest The Holiday Season

Food & Drink

The Top 10 Most Frequently Used Words in Horror Movie...

Pop Culture

Hallowmas vs. All Saints’ Day: ’s The Day After Halloween...

Commonly Confused

Does the Word “Halloween” Mean?

History

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Columbus Day, And The Language Of Indigenous...

Holidays

Prost! 9 Festive Emoji For Oktoberfest

Holidays

“Girl” Is Having Its Moment

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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.