Something historic has a great importance to human history. Something historical is related to the past. People with big egos get them mixed up if they say they had a historic family background. Unless they helped win a war, it was probably just historical.Continue reading...
Fitzgerald chose words with precision, and took into account not just their inherent meanings, but also how their use would serve to establish the traits of his characters. Continue reading...
With a new Star Trek TV show debuting soon — Star Trek: Discovery — this is a good time to look at some Star Trek lingo, which involves other science fiction mythologies, actual science, and, to a large extent, the navy. Beam these words up to your vocabulary, stat. Continue reading...
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which appears this weekend in all its thrilling spy story glory, might leave the non-nindoctrinated among us wondering: What does U.N.C.L.E. stand for? And why did the show's creators select that particular word? Continue reading...
The 2017 - 2018 Bowl season is underway, and the stage is set for an epic Bowl. Can Etiwanda be stopped? Can Margate's record hold up? Which rookies are on the rise? Check out the latest Vocabulary Bowl Roundup videos for a quick recap of all the leaderboard action. Continue reading...
January saw defending champs threatened by disruptors determined to shake up the status quo. Which schools finally made it to the top? Continue reading...
September was a record-setting month in the Vocabulary Bowl. Find out which schools out themselves in poll position during the last month of preseason play. Continue reading...
Which schools cracked the Top 10 in their divisions? How many millions of words were mastered last month? Check out the highlights and shoutouts from the first month of the '19 – '20 Vocabulary Bowl season. It's already shaping up to be another record-breaking year! Continue reading...
Eleanor Catton, who was awarded the Man Booker Prize earlier this week for her novel The Luminaries, uses the rare and interesting spume. Continue reading...