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You’ve probably heard something outside the realm of acceptable behavior as “beyond the pale” before. But when you think ...

Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.

Noah Webster was a lexicographer who published An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. He campaigned for ...

Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, previously won French tournaments without speaking the language.

Collins English Dictionary also announced in November that its word of the year was brat - a word that has been everywhere over the last couple of months thanks to Charli XCX's viral album. Brat is ...

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had ...

The term has taken on new significance in the digital age, especially over the past 12 months. Initially gaining traction on social media platform, it first appeared in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau’s ...

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

OPINION- Dictionaries have selected enshittification, brain-rot and polarization as their 2024 Words of the Year. Each are depressingly apt reflections of the past 12 months.