A sign in front of a restaurant reads: “Today’s special. So’s tomorrow.” Not the best way to tempt hungry passersby, but an excellent way to catch the attention of language buffs like Grammar Girl ...

A look back at 2025 through Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, from 6-7 and brainrot to aura farming, and what these phrases reveal about youth culture.

A new slang phrase is making its way around social media, specifically following the results of the 2024 presidential election. "Crash out" has been in the Gen Alpha and Gen Z vernacular for several ...

Read Hephzibah Anderson's Prospect commentary, "In Praise Of The Cliche." Cliches are often criticized as the most overused and contemptible phrases in the English language. But writer Hephzibah ...

The Associated Press, in an attempt to provoke fewer controversies, managed to stir up a new one. On Thursday, the AP Stylebook — the style guide not just for the American news agency, but adhered to ...

A shining city on a hill. Ronald Reagan loved the phrase. He used it over and over again, perhaps most notably in his 1989 presidential farewell address. I've spoken of the shining city all my ...

A: Euphemisms for urination abound. Consider, for example, taking a leak, powdering the nose, draining the lizard, and straining the potatoes. Or, to spill forth with just a few more, answering nature ...

You don’t have to be in showbiz to know the right thing to say to actors before they go out on stage. Have a good show? Hardly. Good luck? Never! No, we always tell performers to “break a leg.” You ...

How often have you asked someone, “Isn’t that ironic?” While ironic is used to describe certain situations, many times, it’s actually misused and misunderstood. To start off, it’s important to know ...