‘Having an albatross around your neck’ means “facing an inescapable burden.” As for where the phrase originated, you can thank classic literature. This is one of the rare idioms whose origins can be ...

A new slang phrase is making its way around social media, specifically following the results of the 2024 presidential election. "Crash out" has been in the Gen Alpha and Gen Z vernacular for several ...

A middle school teacher’s casual use of the idiom “pot calling the kettle black” took an unexpected turn when her 6th-grade class reacted in horror, assuming the phrase was racist. The teacher, ...

Ah, Gen X. They were the last generation to live their whole childhood without the use of any internet whatsoever. In fact, I’d go so far as to say they were the last generation to have a “traditional ...

NEW YORK — Former Vice President Kamala Harris tried to quell a nine-month-pregnant mom's concerns over having a baby boy under the Trump administration, resurrecting a campaign phrase celebrating the ...

How can you become a better listener? It’s not enough to hear what someone else is saying and take it in. You also need to make them feel heard, and that you empathize with what they’re going through.

If you're a self-assured and confident person, you know that it's often easy to spot an insecure individual in a conversation or social interaction. They're always either withdrawn from conversations ...

Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward described his 0-4 team as "we ass" following a loss to the Houston Texans. Ward's blunt two-word assessment gained significant attention from national media and ...

It’s a real hellhole. A hole opened on a crumbling sidewalk near Battery Park that briefly gave passersby a peephole into the subway — and a reality check about how thin the ground actually is. The ...

More than half of UK bosses say their businesses currently use AI in customer service roles - including chatbots and virtual assistants, and a third of UK adults have interacted with a chatbot in the ...

Several ads for men's tank tops remain on Amazon's Canadian website, despite an Ad Standards Council ruling that the phrase used to describe them — "wife beater" — is offensive, trivializes domestic ...