On Tuesday, Dictionary.com deemed the word "woman" to be the word of the year for 2022, calling it a "prime example of the many gender terms undergoing shifts." The site suggested that, "more than ...

Refusing to legally define the word ‘woman’ is the biggest cop-out ever By . Kirsten Fleming. Published Aug. 29, 2023. Updated Aug. 29, 2023, 5:47 p.m. ET.

If you had to define 2021 with just one word what would it be? Merriam-Webster Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski talks about what words were most on people's minds throughout the year.

Words are used to define us. That’s why the incident at a recent Tarrant, Ala., City Council meeting, in which a white councilman blurted out a racial slur and refused afterward to apologize ...

If you thought snack is slang for "a sexy and physically attractive person," you are correct. That's because Dictionary.com has added over 300 new words and definitions.

We reviewed more than 8,000 new words in the Oxford English Dictionary, and approximated their popularity using Google AdWords keyword planner. Click here to see the 50 most popular words that ...

iOS 11 and later include a neat built-in dictionary feature that lets you quickly look up the definition of words on your iPhone or iPad, even if an internet connection is unavailable.