People made a terrible fuss when Dictionary.com named “6–7” its word of the year. Brain rot, people said. Language has gone to hell, others decried. Our children are illiterate, still more wailed. (My ...

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

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

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year – and what it means.

A lake in Massachusetts nearly claimed a rare language honor. Merriam-Webster named "slop" as its word of the year for 2025 this week, but editors also gave a special honor to a local name that has ...

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

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

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, ...

The search for the 4-year-old boy who disappeared in 1978 was a monumental event in the town's history. In September, the FBI announced a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the ...