A varied assortment of words entered (or re-entered) the lexicon this year. How well do you know them? By Miya Lee and Kendall Blomfield Love it or hate it, language is always evolving.

The 2024 "Words of the Year" were revealed from top dictionaries like Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Cambridge. Dictionary.com’s top word was "demure," reflecting a surge in ...

What strikes me – a lexicologist (word analyst) – is that these picks show not only how aspects of society are changing, but how the nature of words themselves evolves in unexpected ways.