Several words and phrases gained prominence in 2024, reflecting cultural trends and online phenomena. "Brain rot" highlights ...

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

Merriam-Webster's word of the year and list of other top-searched words were influenced by politics, Taylor Swift, TikTok and ChatGPT.

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

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

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

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is one that the dictionary suggests unifies both sides of the aisle. The dictionary ...

The winning word beat out finalists such as "demure," "pander," "totality," "fortnight," "allision" and "democracy" ...

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

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

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