The word, according to Oxford, has seen a 230 percent increase in usage between 2023 and 2024. But who decides what is the word of the year? Many dictionary organizations have issued their ...

The Oxford English Dictionary blew it in anointing “brain rot” as the word of the year. First off, that’s two words. But the real miss was overlooking the rightful winner, “slop,” which ...

The dictionary’s bestowed word for 2024 follows “rizz” last year, “goblin mode” in 2022, and “vax” in 2021. Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is more than a century old, but that ...

(JTA) — “Yiddo,” a variation of the derogatory term “yid,” is a new entry in the Oxford English Dictionary ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.

In a statement released Monday, OUP, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary, defined “brain rot” as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state ...

Fam can mean relatives, close friends or members of a group Fam and nothingburger are among almost 350 new words added to the latest Oxford English Dictionary. First appearing as an abbreviation ...

The dictionary’s bestowed word for 2024 follows “rizz” last year, “goblin mode” in 2022, and “vax” in 2021. Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is more than a century old, but that ...

Vax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, with double-vaxxed ...

After weeks of deliberation and more than 37,000 votes worldwide, the Oxford English Dictionary has announced a Generation Alpha slang term is its 2024 word of the year, "brain rot." Here's an ...