LONDON – “Crunk” is good? Among the hot new words, it’s “ova-wicked,” even “uberbuff.” They’re just some of the entries in a book published today that lists newly coined words as ...

The books of poetry lean between the carpeted hump of the car and my boots. The generous gifts given to us are a prayer for hope and love of family at a time of year when the days are their darkest.

Words matter. Whether spoken, written or, nowadays, typed into a computer, words have the power to transform lives — sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.