The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

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 ...

Google is upgrading Translate with Gemini-powered context-aware translations, live speech translation through headphones, and ...

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.

Wonder why kids, teens say "67" and jiggle their hands?What it means, why it's the Dictionary.com 2025 Word of the Year and ...

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’ ...