Early on Tuesday morning, Merriam-Webster tweeted its Word of the Day, which included a screenshot of one of its own dictionary definitions. The word was labile, an adjective that means "readily or ...

Here's a little food for thought: You, yes, you, the foodie par excellence who embraced gnocchi long before the masses, might not be quite as in-the-know as you think. Your taste buds are on point, ...

Franklin Roosevelt took nearly a month of preparation and a full 10,000 words—his longest message ever—to propose his food policy to Congress. He had reason for the work and the words: he knew that to ...

On Monday, Merriam-Webster added over 250 new words to the dictionary, including 11 food-related ones—so now “sriracha” isn’t just in every restaurant, it’s officially part of our lexicon. Like the ...

It’s September, which means that the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is due for its quarterly update. And, as expected, as our food culture grows in this country, so does the list of culinary words ...

Every three months, The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words to its language arsenal, indicating their increasingly common usage among Americans, such as “jeggings,” “bromance,” and “muggle.” And ...

Hungry for a new challenge? There's a new word game in town and it's perfect for food lovers. Hot on the heels of the Wordle phenomenon, "Phoodle," a word game with only food-related words, has ...

Food labels can be confusing for the average consumer. Some phrases can be misleading, while others are listed for food safety and to prevent illnesses.

Fluffernutter: a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white sandwich bread. If you’re from the Northeast, you may be familiar with the sweet “delicacy” known as ...

I’m not an etymology buff. Though I love many aspects of language, word histories don’t interest me much. The plots are too formulaic: Scrappy young word starts out on a trek that winds through ...

I was at a restaurant the other night and something about the menu seemed… off. It was so sparse. It was just a concise list of foods, most of which I wanted to eat, with no twee adjectives or obscure ...