With analysts and vendors using "technical debt" and other phrases to mean whatever they want them to mean, someone has to defend the language.

One Word Substitution is the use of a single word in place of a lengthy phrase to make sentences crisp and clear. This article provides 100+ categorized one-word substitutions that are frequently ...

When the English clergyman Thomas Fuller used the word unfriended in a letter dating from 1659, we can be pretty sure he wasn’t talking about his Facebook page. Instead, Fuller used the word to mean ...

English is a quirky, often confusing language that's been shaped and influenced by many others. As such, it has a massive variety of words—but here are some we think rise above the crowd and deserve ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The English language is, indeed, a quirky one: it's notoriously difficult to learn, and often words have more than one meaning. Some of these ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Words sometimes have two meanings, as Led Zeppelin sang ...

Cambridge Dictionary has added thousands of words and phrases over the past 12 months, including ones popularized by social media.