Woke, trauma dumping, queerbaiting, petfluencer, and other extremely online words appeared in new or revised entries.

It’s a love story. The term “parasocial” has just been named Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 word of the year — and its popularity was partly inspired by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement. The ...

"Demure" is Dictionary.com's word of the year, with all the credit for its popularity going to lifestyle and beauty influencer Jools Lebron and her catchphrase, "very demure, very mindful." "Demure" ...

The winning word "has all the hallmarks of brainrot," according to the website Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Getty Dictionary.com has announced that its 2025 Word of ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

Internet culture has infiltrated the English language. New additions to the Cambridge Dictionary this year include skibidi, delulu, tradwife and broligarchy. In the past year, Cambridge Dictionary ...

Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing "67" shouted randomly are far from over. Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen "67 ...

We have some new words to describe our hellscape. Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words Tuesday and more than 1,200 new and revised definitions for existing words. The update comes as the ...

Dictionary.com has released its word of the year for 2025, which may be confusing, especially if you're not a Gen Alpha. The word of the year for 2025 is 67, pronounced six seven, Dictionary.com ...

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