(RNS) — Writing last week in The New York Times, linguistics professor John McWhorter waxed enthusiastic about the advent of “they” as our all-purpose third-person-singular pronoun. As in, for example ...

The nature of language is that it's constantly evolving—phrases that pervaded pop culture decades ago lose relevancy as new ones emerge. (When was the last time you said "far out" unironically?

Read about the longest English word without a vowel, Rhythm. Learn its meaning, origin, pronunciation, and examples of other ...

Anne Curzan is the Geneva Smitherman collegiate professor of English and linguistics at the University of Michigan, where she is also dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Some of ...

The nature of language is that it's constantly evolving—phrases that pervaded pop culture decades ago lose relevancy as new ones emerge. (When was the last time you said "far out" unironically?

With the rise of anti-transgender legislation across the country—in sports, schools, even prisons—it comes as no surprise that the same anti-transgender rhetoric exists within journalism, especially ...

Republican candidate for U.S. senator from Georgia and former NFL player Herschel Walker went on a rant opposing transgender rights where he claimed to not even know what a pronoun is. Flagpole, an ...

Because of my profession in communication, pronouns are a necessary evil. I consider myself transmasculine and uncomfortable with she/her pronouns. And even as someone who cut my teeth in newsrooms, ...

The music industry has long been a mirror of cultural identity and expression, but its reflection of equality has remained distorted. To answer the question of who is visible in today's music industry ...

If you want a textbook example of hysteria, look no further than the pronoun craze. Just a handful of years ago, this was never a thing. No one talked about it. It was as rare as Hunter Biden wearing ...