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 ...

It says something about the past year when the people who put out the Oxford Dictionary chose “brain rot” as the words of ...

Usually, however, there’s more of a mix, with some selections more prescient and useful than others. In 2005, for example, ...

The Paris Olympics gave a great amount of viral moments like breakdancer Raygun, shooters Kim Ye-ji and Yusuf Dikec and pole ...

Like a good haul from a cookie exchange, the collection of words of the year is a seasonal treat with some delightful ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said its name can be pronounced with either an “aitch” or a “haitch” because it respects ...

Both the Cambridge Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary’s websites also feature audio clips ruling that ... He said ...

“Brat” is no longer negative. It now means an “estetik” trend defined by party-animal antics, cool-girl style and messy carefree vibe. The change arose from Charli XCX’s hit album “brat” on lime-green ...

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

Currently, on the Youdao Dictionary, the global pronunciation playback volume of the "damn" word has reached a staggering 49.6 million times. It has been ranked as the TOP 1 hot word in global ...