Britney Spears shares words of wisdom as she treks through her yard in a floral crop top and shorts

Britney Spears has been spoiling her 24.4million fans on Instagram with frequent (and often very quirky) updates on the social media platform, as she quarantines at her home in Sherman Oaks. On Wednesday, the 38-year-old pop star appeared to have an epiphany while quoting Albert Einstein, as she shared a video of herself strutting along … Read more

Twitter users stretch words such ‘duuuuude’ to modify their meaning

Twitter users stretch words such as ‘yes’, ‘dude’ and ‘hey’ to modify their meaning, according to researchers who analysed 100 billion tweets.  The US linguist experts say stretched words that convey a different meaning than the original are common feature of social media, but are rare in formal writing.  For instance, ‘suuuuure’ can imply sarcasm, ‘duuuuude’ … Read more

My father’s swear words were ‘Laura’ and ‘Ashley’: SHELLEY KLEIN shares her childhood home

MEMOIR   The See -Through House By Shelley Klein (Chatto £16.99, 288pp)    From the outside it might not look like much: one of those weird, modern, flat-roofed, single-storey, ‘architect-designed’ houses with plate-glass windows. But for Shelley Klein and her father Bernat Klein, High Sunderland in the Scottish Borders meant everything. In this remarkable, moving tribute to … Read more

Rumer Willis shows off toned figure in SKIMS after workout as she shares words of body positivity

Rumer Willis shows off her toned figure in SKIMS after workout as she shares some words of body positivity By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 02:06 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 14:28 BST, 19 May 2020 Rumer Willis has had plenty of downtime as she spends quarantine at home with her parents and sisters. … Read more

The firm words from my daughter that are just the prescription needed to help fight off corona

My younger daughter may have Down’s syndrome but she has a firm grasp of the principles of weight loss. Last week I said to her, after getting off the scales: ‘Oh dear, I’ve put on more weight.’ Her response was instant: ‘Eat less, move more!’ And to my reply that I would try to do … Read more

DAVID BLUNKETT: Fine words about social justice cut no ice when unions try to block schools opening

The wartime President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt, once proclaimed that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.  And at this critical moment, nothing could be more true – not least when it comes to the inflammatory debate about whether or not some primary-aged children should return to the classroom … Read more

Website lets people use AI to generate fake words like ‘rebutis’ and their corresponding definitions

Website lets people uses powerful AI to generate made up up words like ‘rebutis’ or ‘gggrxxx’ and their corresponding definitions ThisWordDoesNotExist lets people generate made up words and definitions The site uses a powerful AI made by the Elon Musk-backed OpenAI It was trained on the 8 million most upvoted Reddit posts  By James Pero … Read more

‘I said goodbye through a nurse on the phone’: Widow, 75, describes final words to husband

A widow was forced to say goodbye to her dying husband by leaving a message with a nurse over the phone – after he tested positive with coronavirus despite having no symptoms. Pat Pearce, 75, asked a nurse to tell Allan, her partner of 38 years, she was sorry she couldn’t be with him and … Read more

People admit the words and phrases they’ve been saying wrong their entire lives in a Reddit thread

From ‘ultra-violent lights’ to ‘Farmer John cheese’: Embarrassed adults admit the words and phrases they’ve been saying WRONG their entire lives People revealed words they’ve misunderstood all their lives in a thread on Reddit One man believed ‘touché’ was just another way of saying ‘hello’ An Australian woman pronounced ‘lingerie’ as ‘linger-y’ until she turned … Read more

Twentysomethings may have the sharpest minds but over-70s have a superior way with words

Twentysomethings may have the sharpest minds but over-70s have a superior way with words, Great British Intelligence Test reveals The test was developed by the BBC and Imperial College London neuroscientists More than 250,000 Britons have already participated in the online brain study Results suggest that our problem solving abilities are at their peak in … Read more