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

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

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

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

Author and software engineer Thomas Dimson has created an AI dictionary that generates fake words and definitions. The project, like many similar ones released online recently, uses sophisticated AI ...

The word “incandescent” is an adjective with two meanings. The first meaning describes something that emits light as its ...

If such words cause anxiety, some relief may be found in dawn chorus: “the singing of wild birds that closely precedes and follows sunrise especially in spring and summer.” “Some of these words will ...

The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed. If you, too, have been left puzzled by words not in the dictionary—even ones ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...