Unsurprisingly, Klingon is on the list ... Okrand (with a little help from James Doohan who created a handful of words that ...

From aquabob to zawn, writer Robert Macfarlane's collection of unusual, achingly poetic words for nature creates a lexicon we all can learn from. Years ago, nature writer extraordinaire Robert ...

Do you think you have a good vocabulary? We can guarantee you've probably never heard some of these funny words before. Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says “duty”?

And with National Scrabble Day just around the corner on April 13, now’s the perfect time to brush up on winning Scrabble words. So, check out our list of 35 powerhouse words guaranteed to help ...

There is a Klingon word for the procedure Voq put himself through — choH'a' or 'great change' — but not one for 'anaesthetic,' it seems. After all, it's probably very dishonourable to be ...

Learning a new language can be tricky, but how many words do you need to know before you can actually get by in a foreign tongue? That was the question posed to BBC Radio 4's More or Less ...

Star Trek fans may not know it, but the original series theme has lyrics, and now they have become an official part of the ...

For the last few decades, Microsoft Word has been the de facto standard for word processors across the working world. That’s finally starting to shift, and it looks like one of Google’s ...

There I said it. I was the nerdiest kid alive. Good thing I can (kinda) monetize my love of words. Over this last week, one of my favorite word-masters, the Merriam-Webster Twitter account ...

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention used more than 109,000 words over four days in Chicago this week. Their choice of words and phrases contrasts the themes and ideas of last month’s ...

Do you know a creative writer who can write a story in 500 Words or less? 500 Words returns in just TWO weeks! The UK's biggest children's story writing competition will be open for entries on ...

This masterpiece from one of the world’s top watchmakers reimagines a classic complication in a distinctly contemporary way.