An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them? By Miya Lee and Kendall Blomfield By the end of 2024, words like slop, brat, ...
Actor and comedian Eric Idle revealed the last conversation he had with his friend Rob Reiner, just hours before the director’s death. The Monty Python star, 82, divulged that he shared a long phone ...
After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: “slop.” The dictionary publisher defined it as “digital content of low ...
Data from the world's leading hotel groups, travel firms and trend forecasters suggests that 2026 will be the year of quiet escapes, algorithm-shaped itineraries, ultra-personalised retreats and a ...
Earlier this year, Dictionary.com chose “6-7” as its word of the year and yet was unable to really define it, chalking it up as “classic brainrot slang.” This was, in the opinion of some people, a ...
It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...
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 ...
With a couple months to spare, Dictionary.com announced its Word Of The Year on Wednesday. “Word” is being used pretty loosely here, as the winner of this prestigious honor is really number(s), and ...
“Everybody” is, again, mostly kids, with some schools even banning the phrase just because the students are being really annoying about it (per Fast Company). Dictionary.com makes a case for it as a ...