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We'll Never Need to Explain What Our "Kitchen " is To Another White Person—Again.
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYour days of explaining what words like “bussin” and “grill” mean to white people may be soon be...
I Coined The Term 'Cisgender' 29 Years Ago. Here's What This Controversial Word Really Means.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Before now, I have not spoken publicly, or even disclosed my role in the origin of the word...
Do you know the difference between ‘codger’ and ‘cadger’?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoIf you’re lucky enough to have studied the languages, literatures and cultures of central Europe,...
Breaking the spell: Learn the trick of decoding scientific plant names
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoPassiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like...
What's a laureate? A classicist explains the word's roots in Ancient Greek victors winning crowns of...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLaurel was an ancient symbol of medicine, the arts and the end of war. naphtalina/E+ via Getty...
'People are capable of making really beautiful things': Wisconsin's new poet laureate has big plans...
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFORT ATKINSON - Well before he would be named the new Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Nicholas Gulig...
Fairies, dragons and steamy sex scenes: ‘Romantasy’ books are the new must-reads
CNN via AOL· 4 months agoRomantasy novels meld high fantasy with steamy love stories to the delight of readers, like Sarah J....