Anyone who doesn’t know what ‘AI slop’ or ‘rage bait’ mean may be forgiven—and might have a point. As word-of-the-year ...

Still, it is worth noting that some choices have really pushed boundaries. In 1998, ADS members voted for the prefix “e-”; in ...

Social media users questioned whether the humorous and widely shared footage was authentic or an example of AI slop.

Social media users questioned whether the humorous and widely shared footage was authentic or an example of AI slop.

Parasocial, the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of 2025, refers to a one-sided connection with a famous person, character - ...

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

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

Increasingly corporate broadcast field and the grip of legalized betting eats away at the era Hebscher thrived in ...

Analysis shows obscure and barely used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time ...

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

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

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