Words fail on how our shared communal welfare status quo, as imperfect as it is, could be so trashed further this week. I guess that other people never had a brother like mine, who, on the brink of ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Music just isn’t like other mediums. Somehow it ...

There are reasons why poetry moves us. Masters of the written word convey feelings and emotions using only a few words, managing to deeply connect souls. What is most remarkable about this way of ...

"The Museum of Craft and Design is pleased to present Iris Eichenberg: Where Words Fail, a comprehensive mid-career survey of Eichenberg's work. The first west coast solo museum exhibition for the ...

The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) denied registration of several US trademark applications for the mark FUCK, even though the applicant had overcome a prohibition on the registration of “immoral ...

Professor Ted Snow hunts for the right word. It evades him. He’s just mentioned a degenerative neurological condition, but he’s used the wrong term. As he seeks the elusive word, his eyes dart up, ...