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

Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our ...

Terms like ‘affordability,’ ‘socialism’ and ‘famine’ take on new, politically convenient meanings.

The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world create new words. It borrows expressions from other cultures or changes the ...

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

With 'ragebait' the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year, here's a look at what footballing equivalents might have been ...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa English department has selected “analogue” as its 2025 Word of the Year for Hawaii, ...

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

Who is the best player in Spanish football? It’s clear that there are multiple candidates, from Lamine Yamal, who has enjoyed ...

Word-salad it may seem, this phrase is actually the most important sentence of the year. At least, that’s what the Western world’s various English dictionaries would have us believe; as each ...

Donald Trump is back with another bizarre claim. On Monday, during an award ceremony, the president claimed that he “invented ...