“Words cut deeper than a knife. A knife can be pulled out; words are embedded into our souls.” — Truer words have never been spoken – and with them comes a very simple message: words matter. For many, ...

Workplace jargon is among the more annoying parts of work culture. But what if some of the catchphrases we hear at the office actually have hidden, make-or-break meanings? These are just some of the ...

Social media users are employing coded language, such as deliberate misspellings and symbols, to try to evade detection by platforms seeking to contain the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. Social ...

The culture of American medicine is a culture of contradictions. On the one hand, medical professionals are culturally predisposed to put the lives of patients ahead of their own, especially in times ...

Have you ever had a conversation with a colleague or manager that left you feeling slighted, even though you weren’t explicitly dismissed or insulted? Chances are you were on the receiving end of ...

When Paul Ryan talked about a “real culture problem” in “our inner cities in particular” this week, he wasn’t the first American politician to be slammed for using racially coded language to get a ...

All artists have something to say, crafting their messages — in works abstract or realistic, in two dimensions or three — through the visual languages of color and form. But Michelle Bowen went a step ...

Some anti-vaccination groups on Facebook are changing their names to euphemisms like “Dance Party” or “Dinner Party,” and using code words to fit those themes in order to skirt bans from Facebook, as ...