Homophones, homographs, homonyms… Ugh. All these complex words to describe more confusing words. And it’s not just non-native English speakers – everyone mixes them up all the time! Think you can ...

I’m sitting here thinking about an old buddy and an English teacher from Boonsboro High School. "Fink" was a good pal. His given name was Dave Phillips, but all his school friends just called him Fink ...

As NPR podcast hosts and language experts, we regularly hear people misusing words that seem alike but mean very different things. We call them "confusables" — because they are, well, confusing. These ...

Theoretically speaking, there is widespread confusion about the word “theory.” Right? Many people interpret the word as iffy knowledge, based mostly on speculative thinking. It is used ...