“Yinz” is essentially Pittsburgh’s version of “y’all.” It’s used as a second-person plural pronoun, so someone living in Pittsburgh might ask, “Yinz want to get something to eat?” Yinz — sometimes ...

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An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?

Discover how interest due works, its impact on loan payments, and how it varies across different types of credit. Learn with clear examples and key takeaways.

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You may think you have an impressive vocabulary, but it’s about time to put that confidence to the test. This vocabulary quiz has 26 smart words – from ‘besotted’ to ‘facetious’, from ‘quintessential’ ...

Many people loathe “big words”. Why say “subsequent” when “next” does the trick, right? Well, it could be argued that those “big words” are actually intrinsic to how we, as people, communicate. They ...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms.

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