You’d rather own a wug than a slithy tove—trust us. All this to say that the finer criteria for nonce words are debatable, and you could probably make an argument against the nonce-ness of any term in ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Today’s guest blogger is Brian L. Cansler, a linguistics ...

This is a wug. I thought it was lonely, and so I got it a cute companion. So, I had one wug, and now I have two […] Please fill in the last word of that sentence. Go ahead and say it out loud. What ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A computer generated image of the Ug Wug in development for animation. (Submitted by Brian Finlay - image credit) A mythical ...

A mythical creature, said to live in the deep, tumultuous waters of Saint John's Reversing Falls, is going to be featured in a new live-action and animated children's series. The Ug Wug is expected to ...