The big house. The pokey. Going off for a government vacation. Taking a trip to Club Fed. Many euphemisms exist for a state or federal prison stay—and once inside, inmates have to adopt a whole new ...

A term circa 1789 for a policeman who is running down, or finding information about, criminals. It was obsolete by 1870. According to Henry Leverage's "Dictionary of the Underworld," which appeared in ...

and then the moment you arrive in Australia, suddenly you don’t? Hi, I’m Dr. Howie Manns. I study language and the way people use it. I grew up in the US, so I thought I knew English really well. But ...

There's no denying that the entertainment industry is responsible for shaping our world, including our vocabulary. From ...