The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms. The group behind the Oxford English Dictionary says the term ...

Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait, which Oxford University Press has named its word or ...

The word refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user. A technology innovation expert says AI slop is "making its way upstream ...

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...

Six-seven or 6 7? Either way, the phrase popular among school-age children has been announced as Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year. The expression exploded online this year among members of ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...