The strange resurgence of words like “yap” and “skedaddle.” ...

What do Bigfoot, alien abductions and faked moon landings have in common with popular theories about word origins? More than you might think.

Kid, meaning a young goat, is a word that was borrowed from the Vikings around the 9th century. Centuries later, it came to ...

James Cameron Sold Aliens Without Saying a Word tells the legendary story of one of Hollywood’s smartest pitches. When Cameron met studio executives to propose a sequel to Alien, he skipped ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

Here’s how a report on alien abductions in the United States begins: “Most alien abduction stories begin quietly — a strange light, a missing moment, something that feels off.” Sounds like something ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say "6-7" is "cooked" and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are among the ...

Year 1 of President Trump’s quest to conduct the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history turned towns and cities into battlegrounds. Todd Heisler/The New York Times Todd Heisler/The New York ...

Much of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII, who put the finishing touches on a Roman system that integrated... Why do so many people ring in the new year on Jan. 1 ...

Re “Words of the year: Members of Globe Opinion weigh in with their favorites for 2025” (Opinion, Dec. 22): I think one of the obvious candidates for the word of the year is “accountability.” It has ...

Sloppy Award: The leading US publisher of English dictionaries and reference books has announced its word of the year, and it's all about AI. People tend to either embrace or despise "slop," but ...

We saw it on our phones. We ate it in our bowls. This year, “slop” was everywhere. It was so ubiquitous that it’s been named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Merriam-Webster, the oldest dictionary ...