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 ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries, clearly understood when looking at politics in 2024 ...

As is an annual tradition, Merriam-Webster has announced its "Word of the Year." In a fitting well-being check on America ...

If these resonate, then you have been experiencing the moods and conversations of this past year – as reflected by the Word ... year’s zeitgeist, the spirit of the age. Several 2024 choices ...

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

LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained ...

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