Diaphanous means light, delicate, and almost transparent. It often describes sheer fabric, soft light, or thin mist. The word comes from Greek, meaning “to show through.” Pronunciation: die-AF-uh-nus.

A 34-year-old professor says she was left “absolutely mortified” after discovering that the phrase she had long used as a harmless classroom icebreaker carried a far more suggestive meaning.

Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory and Koller’s Equivalence Theory have formed two representative theoretical paradigms centered around the issue of “equivalence”, exerting a profound influence on ...

Renowned Carnatic singer and author, T.M. Krishna, on Saturday said that the idea for his latest book, We, The People of India: Decoding a Nation’s Symbols, came about seven or eight years ago, when ...

Define Ventures, a digital health venture capital fund, is training a new generation of healthcare AI leaders through its AI Fellows program—a program designed to shape startups focused on AI’s ...

The concept of the “barbarian” shaped how the ancient Greeks defined themselves in contrast to outsiders. Credit: Lorkinbot, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The word “barbarian” has a complex and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Tears of joy. Hearts. A thumbs up. They are some of the most common emojis people use every day to communicate, but the way kids use them could hold a double meaning. Jill ...

Mark Zuckerberg once used as a motto for Facebook, “Move fast and break things.” It had a positive connotation, meaning that progress was being made so rapidly that mistakes would be corrected later.

An expert reveals the hidden meanings behind emojis that parents should look out for - including the cat face, dynamite and chair emoji. Keith Broni, 35, reveals the images that parents should watch ...

How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...

A picture may tell a thousand words, but the secret meaning behind an emoji can be enough to strike fear into any parent’s heart. We all use emojis and acronyms to bring some light hearted fun to our ...

For years the government has tried to censor or burden access to sexual content in an attempt to block minors from accessing so-called explicit content. At the ACLU, we know that these efforts ...