When you type out a long email and there are no red lines under any of the words.

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘assail.’
ow.ly/ipZO50RojpH

Martin Luther originally had no intention of breaking from the Catholic church, assuming that his call for theological and ecclesiastical reform would be heard.

Spoiler Alert: It wasn't.

13-Letter Word Quiz....do you feel lucky?
ow.ly/4m7F50RpzKM

These are your words of the week

unindicted coconspirator
elector
Passover
carnation
objectee
ow.ly/UbQ750RpuxA

Someone needs to get all the Megans, Meagans, and Meghans, in a room and finally figure this mess out.

‘lay’ = to place something down flat
‘lie’ = to be in a flat position on a surface

These two are already confusing, and to top it all off, ‘lay’ is the past tense of ‘lie,’ and ‘laid’ is the past tense of ‘lay.’

So, let's show each other some grace...

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘homage.’
ow.ly/C2Sn50Rnxxr

Hashtag Couple Goals

Why don't we have tails??

Here is a pretty big fact.

'Ginormous' is a portmanteau of 'gigantic' and 'enormous.'

It traces back to World War II and was first recorded in a 1948 British dictionary of military slang (though recent research has found the word used in British newspapers as early as 1942).

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘tendentious.’
ow.ly/KRBQ50Rmkla

Twitter told us all bookmarks have to be public now so here you go

'Etcetera' is pronounced 'et-SET-uh-ruh'

No other word in English begins with \et-set\

You may have pronounced it more like 'ecsetera' or “excetera,' kind of like 'except'/'excess'/'exciting.'

We include the alternate pronunciation but label it as nonstandard.

Etc.

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘burgeon.’
ow.ly/6wuO50Rmivj

Shout-out to songs where they spell out words.

Please be patient with us, we’re from the 1800s.