In addition to being one of the most fun words to say—and hardest to spell—in English, “onomatopoeia” probably calls to mind a whole bunch of silly, fun words. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating ...

Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it means. Take chef here, he needs to wash up. But instead he is going to smash all the crockery in his kitchen. SMASH against the ceiling! That is ...

"The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named" is the New Oxford American Dictionary's definition of "onomatopoeia" (Ah-Nuh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh). An odd word, onomatopoeia, and one ...

It started when I was playing Scrabble in France many years ago. My French opponent, very pleased with himself, placed the word han. Not a French word I'd heard of, and moreover French words starting ...

Foley artists make the sound of footfalls, say, sound even "more" like footfalls Onomatopoeia isn't over yet. Our language is full of words of imitative origin; that is, words whose sounds suggest ...

Most people know what onomatopoeia is, but I’d bet most of them couldn’t spell it! Just ask me. Onomatopoeia, of course, is the naming of a thing based on the sound it makes. I can’t think of a better ...

What makes some words easier to learn than others? Researchers found that ideophones — words that sound like what they mean — are easier to learn than regular words. This suggests that some of our ...

Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker created 'plewds,' those flying sweat droplets that appear around a character’s head to indicate they're working hard or stressed. Being a big fan of the comic strips ...