“I know the longest word in the whole English language,” Jimmy tells Jenny by the playground swings. “It’s antidisestablishmentarianism.” Jenny slurps up the last of her juice box, unimpressed. “Is ...

The word was coined in the 1930s, probably by the president of the National Puzzlers’ League, “in imitation of polysyllabic medical terms,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “but occurring ...

Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

This jumble of over one thousand unreadable letters is not the product of a kitty dancing on a keyboard. It’s a protein found inside of a virus. And it’s the ...

For his latest video, he asked some of his acquaintances about the longest word in their native language. The results may not be completely accurate translations, but after a few views, a bit of ...

The English language is full of fascinating patterns, exceptions, and creative spellings that make it one of the most studied languages in the world. Among these linguistic wonders are words that ...

What is wrong with the English language? I know it’s one of the most difficult languages to learn because it’s made entirely out of exceptions and we refuse to acknowledge the rest of the planet’s ...

English is an odd and unique language. We "write," we can be "right," and we perform a "rite." But even more interesting than the inconsistencies of our language are the lengthy and seldom used words ...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious needs to be taken down a few notches. The moment that Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews danced to the nearly unreadable word in Mary ...