For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as ...

Following Oxford's recent reveal, the winning term reflects growing public awareness - and bemusement - over the rise of ...

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

Ryan Parsons, CEO of Evive Brands, expressed his enthusiasm about this recognition: "Seeing our brands named to the Top 100 Game Changers is incredibly rewarding. Our teams show up every day ready to ...

Do you feel like you know Alan Carr and what he would say or do? What about Taylor Swift, or even Donald Trump? The new Cambridge Dictionary word of the year for 2025 has been revealed: "parasocial" - ...

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 ...

Are dictionaries going the way of dodos, pocket calculators and civil discourse? Some dictionaries are still printed but, increasingly, the reference books have moved online. And, as Stefan Fatsis ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...

“Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularised by social media that are among more than 6000 additions this year to the Cambridge Dictionary. “Internet culture is changing ...

In total, Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,212 new words, phrases and definitions in the past year Anybody who is chronically online will likely have no trouble recognizing some of the new words that ...

Anybody who is chronically online will likely have no trouble recognizing some of the new words added to the Cambridge Dictionary, including "skibidi," "tradwife" and "delulu" Cambridge announced some ...

Logophiles are “devastated” after Dictionary.com deleted their logs of favorited words that they carefully crafted for years. The company deleted all accounts, as well as the only ways to use ...