This is how I use one word to lead better, live sharper and stay focused. This is why you should try it next year. You don’t need a long list of goals — just one meaningful word can guide your year.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with linguist John McWhorter about his new book, Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever, which looks at how profanities have evolved over centuries. It ...

Spend five minutes with a curious toddler, and you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of a relentless stream of questions led by a very powerful word: why. “Why is the sky blue?” “Why do dogs bark?

I say the F word. In fact, I say it all the time. And even though it’s not the F word you’re thinking of, I still get looked at funny for saying it. Here, say it with me: F-A-T. Fat. RELATED: How The ...

It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. The otherworldly white apparitions are a standby of Halloween celebrations. But they weren't always the stereotypical evil spirits we see in books and ...

Editor’s note: Watching Chris Rock’s latest special, our columnist Rob Eshman wondered why the comic made such gratuitous of the N-word. It also brought to mind an anti-Jewish slur that is hardly ever ...

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Whether it's the Grandparent Scam or the 'I need help' scam, every family needs a code word to know whether their loved one is really on the phone. So often, we think we are getting a call from our ...