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Some might regard this slang as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan ...

This year's pick from Oxford University Press comes after 'Brain Rot' was named last year's word of the year - about the ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word ...

We speak with a professor in Wales who's working on an ancient Celtic dictionary. Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and ...

The dominance of words like slop, vibe coding, glazing, paraoscial and clanker shows that AI is now playing a huge role in ...

For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as ...

The Oxford Dictionary has unveiled 'rage bait' as its word of the year for 2025, a term that encapsulates the provocative nature of online interactions today. This choice highlights the growing trend ...

From Glassdoor's "fatigue" to Oxford Dictionary's "rage bait," the words of 2025 is reflecting a sense of exhaustion and ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious publisher defines “rage bait” as “online content deliberately designed to ...