How do new words like “safe space,” “dogpile,” and “alt-right” make it into the dictionary? Journalist Stefan Fatsis finds ...

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

If you had any doubt that social media have taken over our lives, the words of the year (WOTY) for 2025 will dispel it—with ...

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

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

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

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

Esteemed dictionaries have revealed their top words of the year for 2025. Social media trends and a tense political climate ...

"In a world filled with nonsense, making something as meaningless as “6–7” into a generational slogan almost feels like sly ...

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

The Oxford Dictionary's choice for 2025's Word of the Year perfectly describes our perpetual online hissy fit, columnist ...

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