When you get a cancer screening, you may hear your doctor use phrases and words that are new to you. If you don’t know what they mean, it can be hard to understand what’s happening when you get one of ...

If you've ever been around a plane or seen a pilot in a movie, you've heard the term "Roger" used as an acknowledgement. Here ...

What does 'mid' mean? Think: a lukewarm bowl of mac-and-cheese or a three-star hotel, says Kelly Elizabeth Wright, a postdoctoral research fellow in language sciences at Virginia Tech.

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.

The 39 words and phrases below are among the many that have been recently added to the Cambridge Dictionary (CD), Oxford English Dictionary (OED), Dictionary.com (D), which relies ...

Cooked: All about the teen slang word and its meaning. Definition of the slang word cooked and what "let them cook" means.

"Globalize the intifada" has become a common chant at pro-Palestine protests. But others say intifada' is a call for violence against Jews.

Packers are commonly used by transgender ... It’s best to use the word “packer” in respectful, informed settings. In some ...