Word of the Day: Schadenfreude — Why People Feel Pleasure in Others’ Failures, Psychology Behind It, and How It Shapes Public Reactions Schadenfreude is not a fringe psychological idea. It is a widely ...

In everyday conversations, the word conspiracy often carries a sense of mystery, suspicion, and secrecy. It refers to a situation where two or more people secretly plan something, usually with the ...

Repression refers to the act of holding back thoughts, emotions, or actions, often because they are considered uncomfortable, unacceptable, or difficult to express. Many people experience repression ...

Jonathan Kwan (@migrationethics) is the Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. What term should we use to ...

Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied. That's ...

Does your favorite coffee mug have a funny pun or cool art? Or maybe an intricate ceramic design? How about stepping things up and having some jewelry with your java? Enter the zarf, a Turkish word ...

In a recent episode of his highly influential podcast, Joe Rogan declared what he sees as the latest triumph in the cultural battle over language: the return of the “R-word.” “Every time I see people ...

"Gender ideology" is a nonsense term, meant to obscure meaning and frighten people. His lies also depend on people not reading his various anti-trans executive orders. It's not just that these orders ...

UC San Diego scientists say they’re in “stop and start chaos.” That’s after the Trump Administration’s back and forth on a federal funding freeze. Researchers told KPBS’s Amita Sharma their work is ...

A government panel in South Korea is charged with coming up with Korean equivalents for foreign terms that keep slipping into the language. Among the challenges: Finding ways to say things like ...