Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more ...

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

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.

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

The online dictionary announced Oct. 29 that 2025’s Word of the Year title has been claimed by “67”—pronounced six-seven as opposed to sixty-seven — the word (or phrase) few have been able to escape ...

WASHINGTON — Dictionary.com announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and it may sound familiar to parents of school-aged children. The online dictionary revealed on Tuesday that its Word of the Year is "6 ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word ...

The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed. If you, too, have been left puzzled by words not in the dictionary—even ones ...

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...