USA Today reported on Oct. 26 that Dictionary.com has named ‘maxxing’ as its 2026 Word of the Year, reflecting a cultural obsession with optimization. Read…
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The Associated Press reported on Dec. 15 that Merriam-Webster announced that “slop,” which is used to refer to creepy, zany, and demonstrably fake content, has been chosen as…
If it’s December, it’s time for the Words of the Year from the wordsmiths at Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, and Dictionary.com. Every year logophiles eagerly…
Current events seem to play a big role in this year’s decisions by dictionary makers for a word of the year. Merriam-Webster Merriam-Webster chose justice…