Oxford University Press shortlisted 'aura farming', 'biohack', and 'rage bait' for Oxford Word of the Year 2025. Scroll down ...

After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: Slop ...

Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024. On Monday (December 9), the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year. The ...

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LONDON — Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit ...

We saw it on our phones. We ate it in our bowls. This year, “slop” was everywhere. It was so ubiquitous that it’s been named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Merriam-Webster, the oldest dictionary ...

Earlier this month, many attractive people filled a room in Lower Manhattan. They drank elaborate cocktails and gazed upon ...

An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?

After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

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