According to literary legend, Samuel Johnson, who wrote the first English dictionary, was fastidious about proper word usage. The story is that he was riding in a street car when a woman seated next ...

MODERN American speech, while not always clear or correct or turned with much style, is supposed to be uncommonly frank. Witness the current explosion of four-letter words and the explicit discussion ...

Patronela Tshuma exposed the disconnect between policy and lived reality in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and ...

ndonesians surely are familiar with the term "bahasa menunjukkan bangsa", which roughly translates into "language represents a nation". Indonesian, derived from a regional language used in some parts ...

In Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, author Ralph Keyes explores the power of words and our power over them. Keyes tells host Robert Siegel he's always been interested in the intersection ...

Putting a good spin on things, verbally, can be a habit, a necessary business skill, or a vocation unto itself. Take a look at euphemism, who it hurts and who it benefits, and how different cultures, ...