Confused by the oddly-spelled word? Here's the definition of onomatopoeia. We are unknowingly using onomatopoeia within our everyday conversations. You may use them to describe noises that your pets ...

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 ...

A staple — or, more accurately, a necessity — of comic book art is the use of words like “BOOM!” or “SMACK!” or other words that resemble common and exciting sounds to better immerse the reader in the ...

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know.

Is language unique to humans? This question was posed by Hélène Bouchet, Camille Coye and Alban Lemasson, three researchers at the CNRS in Rennes, Brittany, in 2015, based on vocal flexibility under ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At least a month after kids chanted the sound in Indonesia, it moved online, where it took hold in dance-music ...

“How can one be known by another?” Kerry Tribe asks in Spanish in her video “Afasia.” The subtitle, in English, appears over an image of a pre-Hispanic stone head at the National Museum of ...

There are only a handful of Superman & Lois episodes left before the series wraps up its third, and potentially final, season. This year, Lois Lane has been battling cancer, while the Man of Steel has ...