On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc hosted a back-to-school party in the Bronx. At that time, different like-minded communities came together to party, and in doing so, they created a new cultural movement that would dramatically shape popular culture forever. That movement would be called hip-hop. The name hip-hop wasn’t used yet in 1973, and no one at the time interpreted the gathering, or …
Thirty years ago, in his 1993 song “Hip Hop vs. Rap,” hip-hop legend KRS-One summarized his view of the difference between the two: “Rap is something you do. Hip hop is something you live.” Today, 50 years after the date in 1973 that is considered the birth of hip-hop, the terms rap and hip-hop are still often used interchangeably and in distinct ways. Join us …
Learning a new word every day is a great way to build vocabulary. And the best way to do it is with the Dictionary.com Word of the Day! Each day, we deliver a Word of the Day video with a fun explanation of the word, what it means, and examples of how it’s used. And now, you can use these five fun steps to help …
Only an in- separates the words valuable and invaluable. As it turns out, that small in- is worth a lot when it comes to the different meanings of valuable and invaluable. In this article, we will prove our worth by breaking down the difference between valuable and invaluable, explain how they are typically used, and give examples of how they can be used in sentences. …
The words mass and weight are used both in physics and outside of it to describe how large (mass) or heavy (weight) something is. While these words are often used interchangeably outside of scientific contexts, they do refer to different things. In this article, we will define the words mass and weight, explain how they are used in science to measure different quantities, and discuss …
Lately, a particular word game known as Wordle has been all the rage online. If you haven’t heard the good word about Wordle, it’s a game created by and named after puzzle fan Josh Wardle that challenges you to name a particular five-letter word with only six guesses. With each guess, any letter that isn’t in the mystery word is shaded gray, a letter that …
If you have to ask what it means to be cool, well, you probably aren’t cool. What is cool, though, is just how many slang words we’ve used over the years to talk about people and things that we think are fab, funky, fresh, groovy, fly, phat, lit, gnarly, rad, and the cat’s meow. And that is just a taste of the coolness we managed …
Mah jong is a fun and popular game that tasks you with solving a tile-matching puzzle before you run out of moves. But what does the name mah jong even mean? And how can you play mah jong online? Well, pull up a chair and enter our game room because we have all of the answers you seek about this game of tiles and… sparrows? …
If you’ve ever owned a Microsoft Windows computer, there’s a good chance you’ve played a game of solitaire or two. Even if that isn’t the case, you’ve likely at least heard of one of America’s most popular single-player card games. But do you know how old this card game actually is and why we call it solitaire—and also Klondike solitaire? Solitaire is one of 83 …
If you like puzzles, it would be pretty odd if you’ve never run across a sudoku puzzle; it’s one of the most popular puzzles out there. But even if you are a sudoku fan, you might not know what the word sudoku actually means—or, for that matter, where these puzzles came from. (It’s not what you think!) Well, we have the answers to these puzzling …
If you haven’t visited a classroom in years, you might be surprised to discover surprising new approaches to education. Do you know what microlearning is? Does you child’s school favor personalized or experiential learning? Is asynchronous learning the same as distance education? Learning has come a long way since the days of reciting times tables in the brick school house or getting chalky hands while …
What’s in a name? Well, it depends on the name. There are thousands of common and popular names in English. Most have their own unique meanings, but a few have more meanings than others. That’s because they happen to overlap with common English words that are found in the dictionary. Take the name Trace, for example, which is commonly used as a boy’s name and …
