The Cowardice of Asking “What Happened” on Election Night

John Kelly

Nov 17, 2016 11:05 AM

On Social Media, We Are Broken Heartsick Wretches Right Now

Katy Waldman

Nov 09, 2016 12:02 AM

The Triumphant Tweeting and Freaked-Out Facebooking of Election Day

Katy Waldman

Nov 08, 2016 3:12 PM

The 2016 Presidential Election Has Created a New Verb

John Kelly

Nov 08, 2016 9:00 AM

What Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand About Irony

Thomas W. Hodgkinson

Oct 28, 2016 9:30 AM

Does Donald Trump Talk Like a Woman?

Heather Schwedel

Oct 27, 2016 9:00 AM

What’s With All Trump’s Talk About “Draining the Swamp”?

John Kelly

Oct 26, 2016 10:59 AM

In Honor of the GOP Nominee: What Exactly Is an Assclown?

John Kelly

Oct 24, 2016 9:30 AM

Profanity Censorship Is Arbitrary. Stop Doing It.

Blake Eskin

Oct 21, 2016 1:37 PM

The Strange and Searching Linguistic Experiments on Bon Iver’s 22, a Million

John Kelly

Oct 21, 2016 9:30 AM

Why Do People Keep Talking and Joking About Humans?

Seth Maxon

Oct 20, 2016 9:30 AM

Trump Aside, Real Male Locker Rooms Can Be Surprisingly Vulnerable, Introspective Spaces

Teddy Wayne

Oct 19, 2016 10:50 AM

When Did Baked In Become So Baked In?

John Kelly

Oct 14, 2016 11:40 AM

How “Locker-Room” Became Synonymous With Dirty Talk

Stefan Fatsis

Oct 13, 2016 12:16 PM

Why Jonathon Green Decided to Launch His Slang Dictionary on the Web

Jonathon Green

Oct 13, 2016 11:00 AM

Roger Angell’s Love of the Word Tatterdemalion Is Contagious

Stefan Fatsis

Oct 11, 2016 9:30 AM

Is Fat Becoming a Swear Word? And Is That a Bad Thing?

John Kelly

Oct 10, 2016 9:30 AM

Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.

John H. McWhorter

Oct 04, 2016 12:03 PM

In Praise of Brangelexit

John Kelly

Sept 28, 2016 10:51 AM

Why Cities Like Austin and Portland Are So Enamored of the Word Weird

Elizabeth Devitt and Juli Berwald

Sept 27, 2016 9:30 AM