Oxford Dictionary always announces the ‘word of the year.’ Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English ...

The term has taken on new significance in the digital age, especially over the past 12 months. Initially gaining traction on ...

In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...

Polarization, brain rot and brat -- the 2024 words of the year encapsulate the myriad ways digital life is influencing ...

Words that reflect the zeitgeist: 2024 was very online. Ever since the American Dialect Society first selected a Word of the ...

Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a W Year at its conference in 1990, more than half a dozen English ...

At a recent Oxford Hills Rotary Club meeting, members attached labels in 240 dictionaries that were then distributed and ...

The words we choose often reflect the world we’re living in, and as 2024 draws to a close, the Oxford English Dictionary has ...

At a recent Oxford Hills Rotary Club meeting, members attached labels to 240 dictionaries that were then distributed and ...

LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s ...

Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024.