My fellow bloggers over at BNET Intercom have revealed some fun facts about National Boss Day (which is today, by the way, lest you forget to buy your boss a box of chocolates or a bottle of the ...

Word of the Day: Over 2 million English words exist, yet “sartorial meaning” is trending in Google search this year. Readers ...

Science historian Howard Markel discusses the origins of the word moon and some of the lore surrounding it, including a 1638 book by the English bishop Francis Godwin entitled The Man in the Moone, ...

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. Note: This piece has been updated.

From The London Daily Mail. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full ...

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. Editor’s Note, March 13, 2019: Since ...

Claim: The word handicap comes from 'cap in hand' and refers to the physically disabled's need to subsist as beggars. In 1504, after a brutal war in England, King Henry VII had an idea. King Henry ...