More than 170,000 words are currently used in the English language, so it’s almost impossible to know them all. We all like to impress our friends, family and teachers with our knowledge of ...

Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community for little brain tricks to remember hard-to-spell words. Here are 12 of the best that I've already committed to memory. —lexiesterling "Affect ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Ooh! The hardest word for me to define, by far, was "god." My name is Kory Stamper, and I am a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster. That means I am a writer ...