The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into two sharply ...

Depending on who you ask, the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country or were cause for ...

LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase ...

Merriam-Webster’s list continues a tradition of reflecting cultural trends, with past picks including “authentic” in 2023, ...

Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the year's most talked-about people. Their names ...