word of-the-year

Merriam-Webster: ‘Surreal’ Is the Word of the Year for 2016. Merriam-Webster announced Monday that “surreal” is its top Word ...
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Do you know them in real life? Taylor Swift inspires 2025 word of the year.

Cambridge Dictionary's new word of the year is widely associated with online stan culture. The dictionary has selected "parasocial" for its 2025 Word of the Year. The pick, in part, stemmed from fans' ...
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Dictionary.com reveals its word of the year for 2025

WASHINGTON — Dictionary.com announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and it may sound familiar to parents of school-aged children. The online dictionary revealed on Tuesday that its Word of the Year is "6 ...
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Dictionary.com picks a ‘nonsensical and playfully absurd’ word of the year

Merriam-Webster announced a rare update to its dictionaries that will include more than 5,000 new words like "cold brew," "farm-to-table," "rizz" and "dad bod." CBS ...
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Why dictionary.com's word of the year is "hallucinate"

While most people might think of hallucinating as something that afflicts the human brain, Dictionary.com actually had artificial intelligence in mind when it picked "hallucinate" as its word of the ...