When we use words to communicate, we not only have to choose what to say, but also what not to say, and how to say it. How we decide to frame a message can influence how people think, feel, and ...

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change. The Department of Energy has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its ...

“Your tongue’s flapping, but no noise is coming out of your big mouth!” is a memorable line spoken by Looney Tunes’ classic rooster Foghorn Leghorn. It also sums up the current state of the Democratic ...

Skibidi, broligarchy, inspo, delulu, and more terms have officially joined the Cambridge Dictionary in its growing list of new 2025 words. Some of the dictionary’s latest inclusions, which you can now ...

Logophiles are “devastated” after Dictionary.com deleted their logs of favorited words that they carefully crafted for years. The company deleted all accounts, as well as the only ways to use ...

In this guide, we explain everything you’ve wanted to know about gender-neutral pronouns and gender pronouns as a whole, as well as provide a list of pronouns used today. In the English language, we ...

The free-speech advocacy organization PEN America has published a list of over 250 words and phrases that are reportedly considered unacceptable by the administration of President Donald Trump and are ...

The White House does not have a list of banned words that are restricted from use in official documents, and instead charges individual agencies with word choice in government documents, Fox News ...

Those are just some of the terms colleges and universities are searching for in their databases to ensure compliance with federal DEI bans and similar directives from states and university systems.