"Spasketti," is a word that may sound silly to someone else's family. Turns out, the term for this is "familect," and every ...

The English language has more words than any of us will ever know, but that hasn’t stopped people from finding a few hidden gems worth dusting off. Today’s collection is all about the obscure words ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whimsically weird words make conversations even more interesting and they certainly stump the whippersnappers of this world. You ...

In Definition Detective, we give you an obscure word with four possible definitions. Only one is correct-the other three we made up. Can you identify the real meaning from the fakes? Try Other ...

From Acersecomic (a person whose hair has never been cut) to Zugzwang (a position in which any decision or move will result in problems), Project Twins’ A-Z of Unusual Words illustrates the English ...

NPR's Melissa Block reads from listener e-mails about adopting obscure words, and a piece about a memorial service for American soldiers in Afghanistan. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.

Gadzooks! Looking to expand your vocabulary? Take a peek at these weird words to add to your regular, day-to-day conversations. Some of these unusual, rare, odd and unique words can sound especially ...