So I wanna see if we can figure out the shades of meaning and maybe think about why the author chose the words that they did. So let's read this page here. We've got "Ben had bad news." ...

What is the difference between grammar and syntax? Between restive and restless? Envy and jealousy? Kitsch and camp?

Shades of meaning by Jesse Russell On White: The History of a Color, by Michel Pastoureau, translated by Jody Gladding. Within contemporary parlance, there are few greater insults than “white.” It is ...

Let’s discover together the history of the Italian verb spicciarsi, from its Latin roots to its regional variations ...

"We can be the best of friends. . . . There are certain things we can say to each other. [But] it's the same code of: I can talk about my relatives, but when you start talking about my relatives ...

The color has no edges. Blue's meaning, like the sea's, is fluid. Blue reaches around opposites. In Britain, for example, it isn't just the color for storekeepers and servants. It's also for the ...