Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more ...

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with ...

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the last year.

All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company ...

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...