The phrase topped LSSU's list of banished words for 2026 but was also named Dictionary.com's Word of the Year. The reference ...

Four times a year, a group of wordsmiths at the Oxford English Dictionary survey the evolving landscape of the English language to see what new words they should incorporate into what's been ...

Struggling to describe the moment when you come across something cute? Well, not any longer. There is a word for it now, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The expression is called — ...

English is an ever-evolving language. As words make their way into the mainstream and pop culture, some are even recognized by popular dictionaries. Surprised? Don’t be. Slang in the dictionary is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some words you’re probably using might already be in the dictionary now. Check out if they made it here on this list. Drum roll, please! The word of 2022 is “gaslighting”. If you’ve ever been misled ...

Who’s your favorite rapper? How often do they say something that makes you press pause and hit up a dictionary? In 2014, scientist and New Yorker Matt Daniels concocted a study tabulating the amount ...

The new book explores the evolution of the dictionary, as well as how we use and create language Unabridged was featured on ...

First, let it be said that words are not terrible. Often, word-hate is not the fault of the word itself; it's due to the meanings humans have attributed to the poor word. It's us, not them. Now that ...

All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company said. “People found it annoying, and people ate it ...