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Our 2025 word-a-day calendar covers old-timey slang terms, fascinating phrase origins, and more.

As much as I sometimes decry social media, I admit there are some accounts that are always worth a follow. For the Word Nerd, following the Merriam-Webster dictionary is just a given, but considering the humor of its social media team, anyone--logophile or not--is missing out if they dont at least check on its feed every once in a while.

BWW caught up with the team behind Alphabet of Awesome Science to chat about bringing the show to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Its still hot, and that makes me more easily distracted.

Everyone talks a lot about their rights and what theyre entitled to; too few talk about the responsibilities those rights entail.

Science is awesome, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

I’m a proud librocubicularist. As much as you probably want this to mean I’m starting a new political party of which I will be its presidential candidate, alas, this isn’t the case. …

To be a librocubicularist is to be someone who reads in bed.

To be a librocubicularist is to be someone who reads in bed.

As we edge closer to longer days theres no better time for Canberrans to give in to the ever-beckoning regions…