Angry woman driver yelling and honking at other cars on the road. Traffic jam. Editor at Large A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and ...

Learning a second language is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with millions of people turning to digital tools and mobile applications to pick up a new language at their own pace. But what ...

Computer systems are getting quite good at understanding what people say, but they also have some major weak spots. Among them is the fact that they have trouble with words that have multiple or ...

Ann Friedman, 67, is founder and chief executive of Planet Word, an interactive museum of words and language that opened in 2020 in downtown D.C. She lives in Bethesda with her husband. So how did the ...

Tell a joke. Give a speech. Sing a classic rock anthem. You can do all of these things — and more — at Planet Word, a museum of words and language opening Oct. 22 in downtown Washington. The ...