Cambridge Dictionary has named parasocial as the Word of the Year for 2025. The year was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers and ...

This year was a boon for whodunit readers, with great books by Louise Penny, Richard Osman, Ann Cleeves and more ...

Vibe coding,” a form of software development that involves turning natural language into computer code by using artificial intelligence (AI), has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for ...

Ogilvie reveals that the method of its construction: a global appeal for words from any and all English speakers, ensured ...

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Ever noticed Americanisms creeping into British English? By stealth, cultural osmosis from across the pond, faster than you ...

The term may still be in its infancy, but 2025 has been its year, causing it the sky rocket into public consciousness.

A sinister effort is underway to paint independent Muslim MPs as sectarian and illegitimate. Middle East Eye analyses this new and bigoted discourse ...

A mystery of nomenclature finally solved — in honor of all the Jewish Miltons, Seymours, Sidneys and Irvings out there.

It was the great New Zealand-born lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894 – 1979) who first tumbled on a connection with fáinne, ...

A Venezuelan-born Cardiff entrepreneur who taught himself English is targeting revenues of £3m for his tech venture that ...

Abused as a child and trafficked as a teenager, Bilal Fawaz is all too familiar with struggle. That’s why the ring offers him ...