Meanings

There is a moment at the end of every series of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Emmy-winning drag queen reality competition, in which the glamorous host asks the finalists to address their younger selves with words of advice and encouragement. No matter how many times you have seen this happen (since its inception in 2009, there have been 16 US seasons, 20 international editions, eight all-star versions and two celebrity spin-offs), watching the contestants open up about their darkest days remains an astonishingly effective…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. RuPaul‘s highly anticipated new memoir The House of Hidden Meanings was announced back in October of 2023, but the queer icon’s tell-all has already skyrocketed to the top of on Amazon’s bestselling LGBTQ+ Biographies list ahead of its release. With the release date and cover revealed late last year, Mama Ru’s revelatory memoir gives his fans a behind-the-scenes look…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How meanings align across languages suggests that translation and cross-cultural communication may be challenging, but researchers haven't been clear as to what characterizes this alignment, and what factors might affect it. A recent study published in PNAS, however, used machine learning to find that meanings across…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cultural products, including works of literature, are not detached from reality; instead, they construct and challenge our understanding of the world. Literary texts show the complexity of reality, reflect on the power structures of the surrounding society and reveal the weight of history in the present. …

As kids, our mind has always been pure and precious. However, as we get older with time we get to know about a lot of things. Things that have the dirtiest of meanings and things that could ruin our childhood even. Today we are here to tell you about similar things meaning, some of the Bollywood songs that have the most perverted double meanings of all time. You may be aware of it or you may not so make sure to check it out. We bet these double-meaning Bollywood songs are sure to bring a huge wave of laughter on your…

Snapchat offers a wide range of social media content for users to enjoy but doesn’t always offer much in terms of in-app explanations for how it all works. One feature that leaves many scratching their heads is the emojis that sometimes appear next to their friends’ usernames in the chat tab. Each emoji means a different thing that varies depending on how you’ve interacted with each person on the app. In theory, it’s a pretty straightforward feature. However, because there are 10 different emojis that can show up in…

Mimi Winsberg is a Stanford-trained psychiatrist, and the co-founder and chief medical officer of Brightside, a national telemental health company. She previously served as the onsite psychiatrist at Facebook. She specializes in the field of digital health, devising algorithms to recognize mental illness though data.Below, Winsberg shares five key insights from her new book, Speaking in Thumbs: A Psychiatrist Decodes Your Relationship Texts So You Don’t Have To. Listen to the audio version—read by Winsberg herself—in the…

One of the most powerful horns is that of a train. It is a loud air horn that acts as an auditory warning mechanism for railway guards, workers, and passengers. It not only signals the train’s arrival or departure, but each horn and its duration has a particular meaning. There is a horn for each eventuality — from warning of danger to changing tracks. Today, we will tell you about each of the horns with their meanings: One short horn – A small horn indicates that the driver will be bringing the train into the yard for…