In everyday conversation, it's critical to understand not just the words that are spoken, but the context in which they are ...

Travis Kelce is playfully hinting at some surprisingly outrageous “NSFW metaphors” he’s overheard from NFL coaches, which are ...

Travis Kelce is playfully hinting at some surprisingly outrageous “NSFW metaphors” he’s overheard from NFL coaches, which are even more X-rated than fans might anticipate. The Kelce brothers disclosed ...

What do Caleb Williams and Michael Jordan have in common? The Bears QB found something in describing his failed attempt to ...

By the time of World War II, the term “ Axis powers ” had come to refer to the military coalition of Germany, Italy and Japan. In that historical context, the word “axis,” from the perspective of ...

A large study of 800 adults shows that pragmatic language skills—the ability to understand sarcasm, indirect requests, tone, ...

Dust Bunny, 2025. Written and Directed by Bryan Fuller. Starring Sophie Sloan, Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver, David ...

We can imagine someone saying “my love is literally a rose,” but that is to use “literally”  metaphorically, as an emphatic adverb, like “really.” ...

There’s a right way to love Tems, and it starts with sacrifice. On Love Is a Kingdom, she says “mine” (as in, “You’re mine”) ...

Short, candid reviews of works by Arundhati Roy, Parimal Bhattacharya, Andrew Fidel Fernando, and Pankaj Mishra – each ...

In her latest novel, Merlinda Bobis envisions the past not as a grand narrative, but an organic process – entangled, living ...

Scott Csoke explores a wide range of queer emotional and social experiences, summoning emotions that range from grief to glee ...