What is phrenology? Ruling on swim caps sparks controversy
A news story about swim caps for black athletes sparked a word lookup: phrenology. Do you know what it means?
Category: Improving vocabulary
Words you should know from politics
Do you know what oligarchy and fecklessness mean? The Word Nerd explores words from political rhetoric.
What are Non-Fungible Tokens?
First, “fungible” caught this Word Nerd’s attention. Is that a real word? Yes, actually. More on that later. Second, I wanted to understand th...
What does populism mean?
We are hearing the word "populism" a lot these days, but do we know what it means?
Disinformation and misinformation: it’s all bad
This is a serious problem, one that Word Nerds need to fight. Learn about dis- and misinformation and how to combat them.
How to cultivate joy
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