Words are not random units. Rather, they follow hidden linguistic structures that demonstrate how language generates meaning ...

Good news, kind of. I discovered a new sentence structure I hate. It’s a pattern I see often but only recently, while editing an article, realized it belongs in my writing hall of shame. Why would I ...

Today, the word charades refers commonly to a word-guessing game played at parties (and other recreational venues). The rules of the game are straightforward—someone acts out each syllable of a word ...

In various previous posts, I have discussed the role of word puzzles in stimulating different components of "verbal thinking," which can be defined, for the present purpose, as the formation of ...