T he Economist has already chosen a word of 2025. The winner is representative, if not of the whole year, at least of much of the feeling of living in it. It is not a new word, but it is being used in ...

The soul legend died in New York City on Oct. 14, after secretly battling pancreatic cancer. Born Michael Eugene Archer, the ...

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Here's today's Wordle answer, plus a look at spoiler-free hints and past solutions. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Wordle, every day.

“Yinz” is essentially Pittsburgh’s version of “y’all.” It’s used as a second-person plural pronoun, so someone living in Pittsburgh might ask, “Yinz want to get something to eat?” Yinz — sometimes ...

Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian ...

Some holiday words have more than one meaning, like "trim" the tree. And some meanings have more than one word, like "gift" ...

Every year, people all over take part in a simple yet powerful tradition—choosing a single word to define and guide their ...

Each year, the internet gives birth to a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that ...

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

After three years of outsized returns, mainly driven by large AI related concerns, equity valuations have become ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...