we can all agree English has become less flowery. And some fantastic vocabulary just dropped out of everyday conversation. Author Mark Forsyth writes about the words we've lost. From his book ...

The term “lore” has, well, a whole lot of lore. Now essential online slang, the word can be traced back to Old English, where ...

Some common words we use every day, including the name of one of the UK's main political parties, have a surprising origin in Irish.

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But by way of celebrating St. George’s Day, comedian Gary Slaymaker selects some English words that deserve to make a comeback. One of the more impressive looking old words that has fallen out ...

While we usually share all sorts of useful words and phrases to use on your English exams ... Instead, these are some old-fashioned words that put a smile on our faces – and hopefully on ...