Referring to certain foods as "bad" or saying that you "feel fat" are just two examples of common fat-shaming words in our society. Carol Yepes via Getty Images As a general rule, phrases that offend ...

English is a tricky language. Our “ph” sounds like “f” and our idioms often make zero sense. (The cat’s out of the bag? Who was keeping a cat in the bag?) Similarly, there are many common English ...

We might not realize it, but many of the words and phrases we use throughout the day can casually disparage others. Plenty of our idioms and common clichés of speech could accurately be described as ...