W e were hoist by our own autocorrect in an analysis of the prospects of an end to the conflict in Ukraine. It could have ...

Beastly’ and ‘ghastly’ were still going strong in the mid-20th century novels of Enid Blyton, but ‘awfully’ and ‘frightfully’ ...

Compound modifiers can be adverbs, too. Often, these compound adverbs come after the verb: She works part-time. And because adverbs can modify adjectives, as in “fabulously wealthy,” compound adverbs ...

We have some Batman inspired words in today's Connections from The New York Times. Find out all of April 24th's answers and ...

Trump proudly created the viral meme phrase 'everything is computer' this ... bigly is actually defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an adverb form of "big". Seemingly putting the speech ...

We typically use OK or okay to express assent, agreement or acceptance. It can also be an adjective or adverb to suggest ...

Among the things you’ll find that have been took or taken out are “insurance”; “a super injunction”; “the trash”; “Irish ...

Despite a plunge in newspaper jobs of more than half since 2000, business news is a growth industry that has created new ...

It was John McDonald’s goal that when we were finished with his high school English classes that we weren’t morons.

Narcissistic abuse, like many other forms of abuse, is often hard to pick up on until it's too late. But according to experts on narcissism, there are often red flags and warning signs long before ...

As Phrase Finder explains, in the absence of an obvious explanation, a bizarre myth has emerged claiming that this phrase must allude to the wicker baskets used to catch the decapitated heads of ...