The digital dictionary is the result of decades of sustained efforts to safeguard the language, says activist Rita Lasimbang.

It took about 70 years for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary to be completed. Conceived in 1857, the project ...

As 2025 data-collection ends, new lists begin. Several on-line dictionaries have released their “words of the year” and those ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Last year's word of the year was brain rot, a term many people used to describe being chronically online.

Merriam-Webster names “slop” its 2025 Word of the Year, spotlighting the rise of low-quality AI-generated content flooding ...

Which terms best represent 2025? Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Ma ...

At a co-working space in Vasant Vihar on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, the room is almost silent. Ten boards are laid out in ...

It could be argued that the internet is the best possible medium for dictionaries. For one thing, there’s unlimited space for ...

The phrase topped LSSU's list of banished words for 2026 but was also named Dictionary.com's Word of the Year. The reference ...

The rising impact of social media and artificial intelligence (AI) left a lasting impact on language in 2025 as terms related ...

In 2025, there was simply no escaping “tendernism.” Walter French won over the internet by describing his BBQ. Now I want to ...

One example of using Oxford's Word of the Year is, 'This post saying Kolkata has no good food is obvious rage bait' ...