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

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 ...

The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed. If you, too, have been left puzzled by words not in the dictionary—even ones ...

Merriam-Webster surprised fans of “The Simpsons” by adding the word “cromulent” to the dictionary as part of the most recent update, making it official with the made-up term that first appeared in a ...

Dictionary.com has revealed its Word of the Year, and it is a phrase that Gen Alpha will instantly recognize. The website announced Oct. 28 that after narrowing down its shortlist of nominees, the ...

If you look up “microaggression” or “sheeple” or “safe space” on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the entries won’t have a byline—but their author is Stefan Fatsis. A longtime journalist ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...

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 ...

Have you ever read a children's book where the main character is… the book? Dictionary has noticed that even though her pages contain all the words that exist, she doesn't really tell a story like all ...

Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...