Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it the ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

People made a terrible fuss when Dictionary.com named “6–7” its word of the year. Brain rot, people said. Language has gone ...

The new book explores the evolution of the dictionary, as well as how we use and create language Unabridged was featured on ...

If you worked as a typist for Merriam-Webster in the pre-internet era, one of your tasks would have been typing out every word spelled backwards. While this sounds absurd, there's an excellent reason ...

It could be argued that the internet is the best possible medium for dictionaries. For one thing, there’s unlimited space for ...

After a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, ...

It's among the top 10 words on the 50th annual "Banished Words List" that Lake Superior State University released this week.

It’s time for resolutions. We look back at what we’ve done last year and resolve to do better in the next. But what exactly does it mean to “resolve?” My Webster’s New World Dictionary provides not ...

Social media users questioned whether the humorous and widely shared footage was authentic or an example of AI slop.

While serendipity has often been associated with luck or happy accidents, its origin suggests that it goes beyond just ...

HIGBIE: Right. But I see you and I disagree on that. I think that it's the duty of the congressman by taking the oath of ...