His focus is not on using complex language but on choosing the most precise words. This sensitivity to word choice likely comes from his frequent use of linguistic analysis, seen in many of his ...

Our concepts are crucial to exactly what we mean when we use language, and new research has found that the concepts people hold, even for a word like penguin, vary from person to person on a ...

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a ...