By Roger J. Kreuz Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that’s ...

Words that reflect the zeitgeist: 2024 was very online. Ever since the American Dialect Society first selected a Word of the Year at its 1990 conference, more than half a dozen English dictionaries ...

In 2005, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose “podcast” – right before the programming format exploded in popularity. More commonly, the celebrated neologisms don’t age well.

Usually, however, there’s more of a mix, with some selections more prescient and useful than others. In 2005, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose “podcast” — right before the ...

In 2005, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose “podcast”–right before the programming format exploded in popularity. More commonly, the celebrated neologisms don’t age well. In 2008 ...

In 2005, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose “podcast” – right before the programming format exploded in popularity. More commonly, the celebrated neologisms don’t age well.

Beijing-On December 23, the NetEase Youdao Dictionary announced the 2024 Word of the Year: "damn." Official data shows that ...

In 2005, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose "podcast" -- right before the programming format exploded in popularity. More commonly, the celebrated neologisms don't age well.

Do you sometimes wonder whether ‘data’ should be pronounced as dEYta or dAta? It could be the data we gather in the course of research ...

LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford ...

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