words

No, it's not dudette but it is in the dictionary

From time to time I notice how some of us just butcher words or our dialect kicks in and we just really make a word our own. And then there are times when to add to words -- like the always popular superfluous "S".

Today, we will learn words that will impress our friends or just make us a lot cooler in our own minds.

Want to be the guy at the office that isn't invited anywhere? Just make sure you use these 10 words over and over and over again.

You know that feeling you get when you wake up and can't go back to sleep? How about when your spouse stares at your plate until you give up some of your food? We've got words for that and more.

The Oxford English Dictionary just released its yearly list of new additions and I have to say, this 2016 batch of words might be the best yet.

During a performance of his song "Christmas Eve" Justin forgot the words, so he did what we all would do, swear and skip to the second verse.

Not gonna lie, if my grandma said half the stuff these ladies just said I'd probably have a heart attack

In other depressing news, an Honorary Professor of Linguistics has gone ahead and put “chillax” on the list of the 100 words that have helped define the English language throughout history. Lord help us all, we thought people only said it as a joke to make fun of the people who actually say it (who don’t actually exist, right?).

It may not be good form to use the actual word, but the term for it is now officially a part of the English language. The word czars at Merriam-Webster have added the “F-bomb” to the dictionary.

There is the professional language spoken while doing business in the city, and then there is that other voice. You know, the one that comes out every time you're two beers deep, or two miles outside Lafayette city limits. The following is a list of words for which the professional voice can't handle and that other voice takes over.

Every year, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University asks people which words and phrases have been so overused that they should be essentially banished from the English language. The school just released their list for 2012, and it’s certainly stirring up debate.