For some, dictionaries are more than writing tools. They are doorways to discoveries.

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within a few years, international students made up nearly half of Webster University’s main-campus population. But officials are rethinking the approach.

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it ...