Tag: current events

Turns out, "First World Countries" originally had more to do with Communism than economy. The Word Nerd explains.

Do you know what oligarchy and fecklessness mean? The Word Nerd explores words from political rhetoric.

First, “fungible” caught this Word Nerd’s attention. Is that a real word? Yes, actually. More on that later. Second, I wanted to understand th...

We are hearing the word "populism" a lot these days, but do we know what it means?