In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

From ‘rage bait’ to ‘parasocial’ to ‘vibe coding,’ 2025’s picks trace an internet-era feeling of exhaustion, skepticism — and figuring out what’s real ...

Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year is "slop," reflecting the rise of low-quality, AI-generated digital content.

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Dictionaries are highlighting words that run from malevolent to meaningless – and reflect the dire state of the web today, writes Andrew Griffin ...

From Glassdoor's "fatigue" to Oxford Dictionary's "rage bait," the words of 2025 is reflecting a sense of exhaustion and ...

The quest to define and canonize new words in American English is as old as the country itself. In the new book "Unabridged: ...

A major police operation was launched in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, after an elementary school student falsely claimed to ...

Viewed this way, a definition is a decision mechanism. It distinguishes some elements of the universe from the others. Hence ...

Every year, dictionaries around the world pick a word of the year that shows what fascinated people throughout the year.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would allow Nvidia to sell an advanced type of computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China.