Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

Most people walk around believing they have a pretty good sense of how English works. We learn the alphabet, pick up some ...

As one of the world’s most spoken languages, English has many quirks and fascinating trivia. For example, did you know the longest word in English is 189,819 letters long? It’s also known for long ...