The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative AI, landed it Merriam-Webster's ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

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

The launch of the first-ever Irish dictionary has been hailed as a ‘historic moment’ for the language. An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge is the first monolingual ‘Irish-Irish’ dictionary, allowing anyone ...

Dictionary.com declaring “6-7,” "the classic brainrot slang” that’s "purposefully nonsensical” as its 2025 word of the year, is more meaningful than it seems, according to some linguists.

The original definition of the word “bias,” when it entered the English language in the 16th century, was a diagonal line, and specifically one that cut across the warp or weft of a woven fabric. It ...

Viewed this way, a definition is a decision mechanism. It distinguishes some elements of the universe from the others. Hence ...

Senior Evan Tionquiao said he used to follow the dictionaries’ selections “back when words had meaning, prior to ‘brain rot’ ...

Published by Foras na Gaeilge, and the product of three years of work, the new dictionary allows users to look up a word or ...

Many people believe that peruse means to read something quickly. In fact, the opposite is true: Peruse means to “read with thoroughness or care.” Used correctly, you would say, “I spent at least an ...

We speak with a professor in Wales who's working on an ancient Celtic dictionary. Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and ...