Wordcels Puzzle celebrates the words and expressions that have infused American English. Each day an expression is featured giving its meaning, history and showing its ties to culture and the moments that made the expression stick as part of the language.
Even for native speakers there may be one expression each day that is new and worth learning. Some expressions that are old hat, may have an interesting history, like this one. Each day, one expression is the featured expression of the day.
Named for the Gate of Heavenly Peace, Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, is the...
A banked turn is a corner where the surface tilts inward, allowing objects (race...
A call center is a facility where teams of customer service representatives hand...
Above all means to prioritize something as most important—it's about hierarchy o...
Shop class is a practical educational course teaching hands-on skills like woodw...
When there is a lot of action, effort and activity but no progress at all being...
A transformation of significant or profound scale. A major shift in opinion, goa...