Welcome to the wonderful world of long words! English contains some of the longest words out there, known as sesquipedalianisms (a word meaning “a long word or phrase”). We’ve all heard of words like antidisestablishmentarianism, but did you know there are even longer words out there? Here, we’ll take a look at the longest words …
I’m a lazy bum when it comes to doing things consistently over the long term. I like to call it my own special version of Long-Term-ADHD, but really it’s just pointing to my weird enjoyment for pseudo-chaos in life. One of these long-term on-and-off-again yearnings of mine has been learning to read, speak, and listen …
As a learner of Mandarin Chinese, I often come across words or phrases that just sound plain funny when translated to English. If you think about it though, most languages have words that sound a little strange when you examine their meaning. For example, people might give you a strange look if you said you …
