This year's presidential election between vice president Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump not only increased the search and used of the word polarization but fueled Merriam-Webster ...

Last year, the winning word was “authentic,” while ... country and around the world.” Some of Merriam-Webster’s other contenders for 2024 included “demure” (popularized by TikTok ...

Is there any surprise that the Merriam-Webster word of the year was “polarisation”? “Polarisation means division, but it’s a ...

It's a good time of the year to be messing around with words. The dark days of December bring the annual "best of" ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

Merriam-Webster has announced 'polarization' as its 'Word of the Year.' We all must stand together to fight division and ...

Word nerds unite every January 9 and choose carefully their, well, words. While the origins of this holiday are unknown, many ...

Believe it or not, the Word of the Year (sometimes abbreviated WOTY) is a common practice for a lot of people. Two of the most trusted word originators (Oxford University ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled ... Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it ...