On January 24, 2017, a user by the name of d0ughb0y uploaded a definition to Urban Dictionary, the popular online lexicon that relies on crowdsourced definitions. Under Donald Trump—who, four days ...

In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. The culmination ...

Long before Oxford Dictionaries named the tears-of-joy emoji 2015's "word" of the year, the language grumps were grumbling about the downfall of the written word. Dictionary.com had recently ...

The Cambridge Dictionary has welcomed new slang terms into the millions of words it has defined, including terms like “skibidi” and “tradwife” that have been popularized on social media. More than ...

Terence Smith interviews Anne Soukhanov, editor of the Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary. The book is the Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary, and the general editor is Anne Soukhanov. She's been ...

Multiple words, such as “delulu” and “skibidi” that many people dismiss as nonsense internet slang used by kids, have just been added to the Cambridge Dictionary. These slang terms are among the over ...

On this hellscape that we call the internet, you’ve probably witnessed a particularly blatant instance of rage farming. Maybe you’ve rolled your eyes at the pinkwashing that abounds during Pride Month ...

Long before Oxford Dictionaries named the tears-of-joy emoji 2015’s “word” of the year, the language grumps were grumbling about the downfall of the written word. Dictionary.com had recently ...