Oct 31, 2019
If you’re like me, you’ve experienced that moment in the conversation when you can’t remember a word, even a simple word! A woman named Brittani Nichols recently shared her story. She called a restaurant to make a dinner reservation when her mind suddenly drew a blank on the word. So she asked to make a...
Sep 30, 2019
Tim Lomas’ book, Happiness-Found In Translation, features many words from other languages that don’t have English equivalents. For example, Croatians have the word fjaka, which means “the sweetness of doing nothing.” Or the total state of relaxation experienced by freeing one’s mind and body of activity....
Oct 12, 2018
As a visual language emoji has already far eclipsed hieroglyphics, its ancient Egyptian precursor which took centuries to develop. The word emoji is directly translated from Japanese, with the E meaning “picture” and “moji” meaning “character”. What would you guess is the most used emoji in the
Apr 3, 2018
The word ‘slang’ is an abbreviation for ‘short language’, and the term first started being used in the mid-1700’s. Slang has made its way into much of our everyday language with words like Google, emoji, and selfie. To me, slang is simply language with its sleeves rolled up.
The UK is known for having...
Dec 26, 2017
If you’re like me, sometimes when you're talking, your mouth is moving faster than your brain. Often this leads to mixing up the beginnings and endings of words. Well, there's a word for that: Spoonerisms!
They're named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who was apparently notorious for the...