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

Cambridge Dictionary has revealed "parasocial" as its word of the year for 2025, defined as involving a connection someone ...

The Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language represents a breakthrough in linguistic research, built on a scale and ...

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

Slang terms like "rage bait" and "6 7" reflect youth culture, spreading rapidly via social media platforms like TikTok.

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 ...

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

Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani witnessed yesterday the completion ceremony of the Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic ...

The Cambridge Dictionary declared 'parasocial' as its Word of the Year in 2025, noting that lookups and public conversation about one-sided emotional bonds surged across news and social platforms. The ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, ...

A small word links a book about Ballyhoura, broth bits in Croom, and a scribble on the inside cover of a 70-year-old ...