‘Contentious’: Oxford English Dictionary reveals their word of the year

And for those thinking Oxford is rage baiting them by declaring two words to be the word of the year, the publisher explained ...

2025 was filled with rage bait. Why Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year makes total sense

Use of the phrase ‘rage bait’ has tripled in the past 12 months alone. It’s the perfect sentiment to describe our current ...

New dictionary to shed light on Ireland’s earliest Celtic language

Modern Celtic languages – including Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Breton and Cornish – all derive from these earlier ...

Youdao Dictionary Unveils 2025 Word of the Year: "Deepseek" Emerges as China's Most-Searched Term

In 2024, Youdao Dictionary named "damn" as its Word of the Year, a term widely used by Gen Z to express intense emotions such as excitement and surprise. One year later, the Word of the Year has ...
Yahoo

We're very mindful of Dictionary.com's word of the year — see what it is

Dictionary.com wasn't doing too much when it picked its 2024 Word of the Year. One could say the website was being very mindful, very cutesy, very... demure. Yes, "demure" is Dictionary.com's 2024 ...
Wired

What Happened to Urban Dictionary?

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 ...