The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.
'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.
An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
English was never the same after the Norman Conquest
Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut
Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.