If you've ever talked about drag, camp, butches, and/or trade, you know at least some words from Polari, a secret gay language adopted by gay men in the United Kingdom between the 1920s and the 1960s.

In an episode of Hulu docuseries “The Kardashians,” matriarch and momager Kris Jenner posed a prescient etymological question to her daughter Khloe Kardashian in the midst of getting all dolled up.

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. These days, very few people know what it means to vada a chicken’s dolly eek ...

Over the summer Euronews Culture brought you a series on minority languages. There are 79 minority languages recognised by The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The charter covers ...