Our Words in the News are selected from current events closed captioned by MCS.

     Working in the closed captioning industry requires strong language skills. The ability to quickly research and confirm proper spellings, in realtime as the words are spoken, and an intuitive sense of context and usage, in order to distinguish between words that sound alike yet have different meanings, are vital skills that need to be employed in order to produce high-quality closed captioning of diverse, often difficult television programming.

     Criteria for selection and inclusion of MCS Words in the News include: difficult-to-spell words; new words that have recently come into common usage; new or unique proper names such as a newly discovered star or a dormant volcano beginning to erupt; bizarre words with mysterious or abnormal etymologies; or common words that simply pique our interest.

     Use our Words in the News to test your knowledge, improve your vocabulary, impress your friends, or just spend a little free time investigating some of the lesser-known nuances of the English language.

     To view a word and its definition and usage, please select a date from the links below: