And yet research consistently tells us that our vocabulary choices can actively change our lives. Positive words can make us ...

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Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian ...

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

The word “festoon” is a noun defined as a chain or garland of flowers, leaves or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration. It ...

He told me that neijuan is an internet slang used by young Chinese to describe fierce but unproductive competition — employees competing against one another or companies locked in exhausting rivalry ...

Children with visual impairments who lack access to reading materials in Braille form can now rely on a newly produced ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

For some, dictionaries are more than writing tools. They are doorways to discoveries.

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

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

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