The term "spam" originally referred to a brand of canned meat product introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation in 1937. But the electronic "spam" has a very different history.

Let's talk cricket! Specifically, let's talk about the 'spirit of the game.' It’s a common expression used to describe the idea of fair play and sportsmanship.

In most countries, your age is calculated as your 'international age,' which is determined by the number of years since you were born.

Here is something about AI that everyone seems to keep missing. AI models are not inherently intelligent or knowledgeable!

The name "Australia" for the continent and country has its origins in the Latin term "Terra Australis," meaning "Southern Land."

The title "Ms." originated in the 20th century as a way to address women without specifying their marital status.

An aptronym is a person's name that coincidentally suits their profession, character, or circumstances in a humorous or ironic way.

While equality and equity are often used interchangeably, they actually have different meanings.

One of AI's biggest challenges today is developing systems that generalize and learn from various data and contexts.

There are a lot of linguists working in AI because language plays a crucial role in communication and understanding between humans, and AI systems need to understand and generate language to communicate effectively with humans.

Synonyms are words that mean similar things. Antonyms are words that mean opposite things. But the English language also has contronyms – words and phrases that are their own opposite!

You might have noticed the word "cheugy" popping up online and wondered what it means and how to pronounce it. As always, we’re here to help.

There is a grammar rule of English that you’ve probably never heard of but use every day. It's the order in which adjectives have to be used and is summed up by Mark Forsyth in his book, The Elements of Eloquence.

In tennis, love is a word used to represent a score of zero. It’s been used this way since the late 1800s, but no one knows why.

The United States Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in existence today. While being drafted, many changes were made to the words that we now know so well. Among the most important was a critical phrase in the very first line.

Why does Yoda speak the way he does? Where does his language come from? To answer that question, you have to understand that languages often have a particular grammatical order.

There are a lot of place names is the world that are derived from already existing place names - New York, New Zealand and so on - but Canada isn’t one of them.

In times of war, language can not only be used for propaganda purposes but also as a way of brutally expressing the conflict and the side you are on.

All caps were widely used in print headlines until the 1950s as a way to make text stand out and to give it emphasis. Unfortunately, while a paragraph of all capitals might stand out, it’s also harder to read.

Noah Webster is known as the ‘Father of American scholarship and education’ and his name is synonymous with American dictionaries i.e. Merriam-Webster. One of his ideas was to simplify the spelling of English words and some of these alternative spellings caught on.