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Editor Peter Sokolowski predicts the phrase is here to stay. "It's been used so broadly in the last two to three years ... that people in the future will have to know what it meant."

Today at 10amProposed legislation in Ohio would allow computer coding to replace some math courses. We weigh the pros and cons as many schools work to…

The longtime All Things Consideredhost describes how being a New Yorker, and his parents' experiences as first-generation English speakers, helped shape his interest in language and voice.

Tiny filler words in human rapid-fire conversation hold the key to understanding how language is unique, according to a new book. But anthropologist Barbara J. King raises some questions.

DoggoLingo is a rising language on the Internet that's full of cutesy suffixes and onomatopoeias. It might even change the way you talk to your pet.

For a new word to enter the dictionary, it must meet three criteria: widespread use, sustained use and meaningful use. Merriam-Webster lexicographer Kory Stamper explains the process in Word by Word.

Thanks in part to the testimony of an Ohio State University freshman, the state of Ohio is joining more than 20 other states in rewarding graduating high…

A new Pew Research Center study finds some big differences among respondents when it comes to connecting citizenship to language, faith and country of origin.

Kids are showing reading gains in dual-language classrooms. There may be underlying brain advantages at work.

10:00 Language is a living thing, and when it creeps from one culture to the next, purists take note. This hour we'll talk about how English has oozed…