The winning word "has all the hallmarks of brainrot," according to the website Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

The runner-ups were good but not good enough, as the word associated with pop singer Charli XCX and Kamala Harris is named Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year. The votes are in and we have a winner.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The English language is, indeed, a quirky one: it's notoriously difficult to learn, and often words have more than one meaning. Some of these ...

Mac OS X’s modestly named Dictionary application is a handy resource that offers much more than simple definitions. You can look up information about words and topics using dictionary, thesaurus, ...

Whether your spellchecker likes it or not, “astroturfing” is officially a word. At least it is according to the lexicographers behind Dictionary.com, one of the Web’s most popular online (and mobile) ...

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

In addition to being one of the most fun words to say—and hardest to spell—in English, “onomatopoeia” probably calls to mind a whole bunch of silly, fun words. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.

Bing has evolved to become a powerful tool for finding word definitions quickly and efficiently, offering features that make it stand out from other search engines. Here’s how Bing simplifies the ...

Fluffernutter: a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white sandwich bread. If you’re from the Northeast, you may be familiar with the sweet “delicacy” known as ...