Language has always evolved with society. Words and phrases that once felt completely normal can start to sound outdated, ...

From the window to the wall, you could build a bookcase to house all the misinterpreted words and phrases of the English language. One of them is “balls to the wall,” which sounds like a line from a ...

Saying 'no' feels difficult due to our innate need for social acceptance, but psychologists reveal a simple, respectful ...

You don’t have to be in showbiz to know the right thing to say to actors before they go out on stage. Have a good show? Hardly. Good luck? Never! No, we always tell performers to “break a leg.” You ...

Mark Twain once said, "I never let school interfere with my education." That's just one example of an aphorism from a new collection of the handy sayings gathered and annotated by author James Geary.