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 fashion trend where the waistband of a g-string or thong underwear is intentio...
Criss-cross started as ‘Christ's cross.’ In the 15th and 16th centuries, English...
Star quality is the hard-to-define charisma that makes certain performers magnet...
A card shark can mean someone who is very skilled in card games, or someone who...