Look up any word in the dictionary, and there will be an example of that word in a sentence. Author Jez Burrows's book Dictionary Stories expands those sentences into works of fiction. Unless you're a ...

The winning word "has all the hallmarks of brainrot," according to the website Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. “Six-seven still hasn’t even peaked in its usage yet,” Steve Johnson, director of lexicography for the Dictionary Media Group at ...

The runner-ups were good but not good enough, as the word associated with pop singer Charli XCX and Kamala Harris is named Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year. The votes are in and we have a winner.

"noun. Informal. Chiefly Philadelphia. something or someone for which the speaker does not know or does not need a specific name. "Example: Can you hand me that jawn right there?" That's how ...

Whether your spellchecker likes it or not, “astroturfing” is officially a word. At least it is according to the lexicographers behind Dictionary.com, one of the Web’s most popular online (and mobile) ...

The English language continues to evolve. Sometimes it may seem faster than we’d want. But Merriam-Webster is tracking all of the changes and has announced that it has added 690 new words to the ...

The phrase skyrocketed in popularity over the summer, and the surge of searches for it does not appear to be slowing down “It’s meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical," the website said ...