Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that ...

Cambridge Dictionary names its word of the year for 2025 - ‘Parasocial’ is defined as involving a connection someone feels ...

Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air. Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term ...

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Are dictionaries going the way of dodos, pocket calculators and civil discourse? Some dictionaries are still printed but, increasingly, the reference books have moved online. And, as Stefan Fatsis ...

“Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularised by social media that are among more than 6000 additions this year to the Cambridge Dictionary. “Internet culture is changing ...

In total, Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,212 new words, phrases and definitions in the past year Anybody who is chronically online will likely have no trouble recognizing some of the new words that ...

Mouse jiggler is one of 6,000 words that have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary this year (Picture: Getty Images) Do you know your skibidi from your delulu? Both are among the new words to be ...

Logophiles are “devastated” after Dictionary.com deleted their logs of favorited words that they carefully crafted for years. The company deleted all accounts, as well as the only ways to use ...

Alligator Alcatraz is not just a moniker designed to sell political merchandise. It is actually the official name of the state-run immigration detention facility that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration ...

All your favourite Canadianisms—and 137 new ones—just got easier to find, right in time for Canada Day. The UBC editors of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles have released an ...

A controversial comic book term has found itself inside an official dictionary. Gail Simone helped coin the term “fridging” when she created the Women in Refridgerators list back in 1999. The list ...