The word "deadline" has been used a lot in reference to tariffs. It got us thinking: what is the origin of the word? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benjamin Dreyer, author of "Dreyer's English." The ...

It’s funny. When you dig into the lyrics of a particular song, you might be stunned by what they say. For example, one of the sweetest-sounding songs we hear as a child is the nursery rhyme, ...

Claims that Jingle Bells started as a Thanksgiving song are making the rounds online again. So, how did the holiday classic actually come to life?

Juneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 ...

Santa Claus, throughout history, has also been known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick, and more. But a Santa by any other name would be as sweet. The ...

Emo. All of us have heard, embraced, quoted and lived by the music. Many of its practitioners have welcomed and flat out rebuked the term. But nobody has really nailed down a diehard definition of ...

The word “ebullient” is an adjective that has two meanings. The most common definition of the word describes someone who is ...

The twentieth century has witnessed mounting interest in the meaning of history on the part of scholars and laymen alike. This is not a wholly new development, for man has always been inclined to seek ...