People occasionally complain to me that so many today seem to lean on profanity rather than utilizing the other lexical resources at their disposal. “Why do they have to keep using that word over and ...

Maelstrom is a word used to describe chaos or a powerful whirlpool. It can talk about a confusing situation with too many things happening at once, or strong spinning water in the ocean. The word has ...

Word of the Day: Gargantuan - This word has a delightfully literary origin. It comes from Gargantua, the giant king in François Rabelais' 16th-century satirical novel Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534).