This article discusses English's complicated rules for naming groups of animals. One fun example is "an exaltation of larks." The article details the history and madness behind these fun names. It also discusses whether or not these terms of venery deserve entry into the dictionary if they aren't regularly used. What do you think?

This article looks at the way the meaning of the word "sucks" has changed over time and asserts that it should remain a part of our modern-day lexicon. Beyond arguing about the lack of an offensive past meaning, the article also looks at our word economy, and the desire to have short and simple words.

One of the central questions of Words R Us is what conditions fostered the emergence of language. In this article, you can discover where the 'F' and 'V' sounds, so challenging to replicate in ventriloquism, came from. A hint is that diet influenced the human bite and mouth shape, but take a peek to find out more!

The letter X is in vogue: from the iPhone 10 X, Latinx, to Gen X, it's everywhere. What catapulted this letter to notoriety? Read this article/listen to the podcast to find out what gives this letter its trendy and edgy vibe.