Why do some words seem familiar but mean something completely different? False friends reveal how our brains use, and sometimes misuse, language.

People online are distressed at men butchering words such as ‘hyperbole’ and ‘hors d’oeuvres’ – highlighting a gender reversal in ‘intelligence gaps’ ...

The English language has borrowed from French for about a thousand years, and it’s gotten very good at covering its tracks. Some loanwords still wear the origin on their sleeve—rendezvous, croissant, ...

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