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My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…

Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to ADIEU?

How a shorthand for delusion became popular among Gen Z-ers and young millennials.

Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax…

Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the…

Bad luck came in threes (and a seven) in this week’s toughest tests.

We’ve added a 14-day average of your scores, a 90-day window to review past games and more information on players’…

It will offer customized hints, but only if you want them.

A year ago, the lexicographic grandees at Oxford Languages dutifully stuck out their arms and chose “vax” as the 2021…