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 ...

As we anticipated the release of Spotify Wrapped, the Oxford English Dictionary has revealed what trendy word has been crowned 2024's word of the year. Oxford University Press, which publishes the ...

There are few books in the world that most people have heard of. There are even fewer so recognizable that are 500,000 words long. That’s right, we’re talking about the dictionary. The Oxford English ...

"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" is one of the oldest and most popular Christmas carols, originating from 16th-century England.

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 ...

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 ...

Each December, the Oxford English Dictionary releases its word of the year, an effort to identify the word or phrase that ...

If you’ve been scrolling too long on social media, you might be suffering from “brain rot,” the word of 2024, per the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. After public consultation ...

the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term “brain rot” is officially defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of ...

There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their ... “Demure” was chosen as Dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2024.

Discover how ancient languages, pagan traditions, and Christian influences shaped the names Yule, Noel, and Christmas into ...

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 ...