Other candidates for word of the year include strike, wokeism, indicted, wildfire, and rizz, the year’s most durable—and, on Dictionary.com, most-searched—slang term.

Can you believe it’s already time to wrap up another year? Before we dive headfirst into holiday craziness, let’s talk about something fun and life-changing: your Word of the Year for 2025. If ...

“Hallucinate” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year — and no, you’re not imagining things. The online reference site said in an announcement Tuesday that this year’s pick refers to a ...

In a year where AI, celebrity culture, identity and social media became a center of conversation, it's only fitting that Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "authentic."In a news release, the ...

ChatGPT, OpenAI and large language models have dominated the news in 2023. That's why Dictionary.com has deemed 'hallucinate' the Word of the Year.

Merriam-Webster announced its 2024 Word of the Year. Ironically, it is something on which many would agree. The dictionary and publishing company announced the word of the year and list of other ...

The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Getty Images This was the year of artificial intelligence, for sure, but also a moment when ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suffered a ...

The word "demure" experienced a massive rise throughout the year, with a nearly 1,200% increase in usage in digital web media alone between January and the end of August, Dictionary.com said.

Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, tracking a rise in search and usage.Last year's pick was “authentic.” ...

Dictionary.com's word of the year is very modest, very mindful. Can you guess what the term is? Hint: You've heard it everywhere in 2024.

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 ...