Cambridge Dictionary has revealed "parasocial" as its word of the year for 2025, defined as involving a connection someone ...

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

has topped a viral list of “banished” words for 2026, being joined by cooked and gifted as some of the words that people no ...

Have you ever been typing at your computer when you’ve come across a word you don’t understand? Or perhaps you needed to find a synonym for a word? Well, if you have a browser window open, there’s an ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word 'Run' holds 645 distinct meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary’s upcoming ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.

Merriam-Webster may think the word of the year is slop, but we at Crooks and Liars disagree wholeheartedly. We think the word of the year should be FAFO (F*ck Around and Find Out), because WOW are ...

Redact” once meant to edit. But around the middle of the 20th century, it began to refer to one particular kind of editing.

The absence of such basic resources is not merely an issue of convenience, but a reflection of a growing Braille literacy crisis. Today, visually impaired children rely heavily on audio materials and ...

Slop,” a term used to describe low-quality digital content, has been named word of the year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

This week, try using rules of an existing board game to work out a hidden word, then move to a mathematical puzzle to determine the shares of pirates in a loot.

Slop, referring to polished but uncanny, derivative or mediocre AI-generated content, is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. The top U.S. English dictionary chose the term to reflect what website ...