English is a quirky, often confusing language that's been shaped and influenced by many others. As such, it has a massive variety of words—but here are some we think rise above the crowd and deserve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed ...

“I know the longest word in the whole English language,” Jimmy tells Jenny by the playground swings. “It’s antidisestablishmentarianism.” Jenny slurps up the last of her juice box, unimpressed. “Is ...

Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The English language is, indeed, a quirky one: it's notoriously difficult to learn, and often words have more than one meaning. Some of these ...

Longest word in English: There are many ways to describe the English language, but one word that describes its characteristics best is rich. The English language has become so rich over many centuries ...

Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

There are about a million words in the English language, but do you know the longest word in English? You may think it’s antidisestablishmentarianism, at 28 letters ...