Merriam-Webster names “slop” its 2025 Word of the Year, spotlighting the rise of low-quality AI-generated content flooding ...

People made a terrible fuss when Dictionary.com named “6–7” its word of the year. Brain rot, people said. Language has gone ...

Anyone who doesn’t know what ‘AI slop’ or ‘rage bait’ mean may be forgiven—and might have a point. As word-of-the-year ...

I was a 16-year-old single mom facing domestic abuse. What chance did I have? Not much, except for determination and teachers ...

Social media users questioned whether the humorous and widely shared footage was authentic or an example of AI slop.

While serendipity has often been associated with luck or happy accidents, its origin suggests that it goes beyond just ...

Social media users questioned whether the humorous and widely shared footage was authentic or an example of AI slop.

Ever belted out a song at full volume, only to discover later that what you’d been confidently singing was completely, ...

If you had any doubt that social media have taken over our lives, the words of the year (WOTY) for 2025 will dispel it—with ...

How do new words like “safe space,” “dogpile,” and “alt-right” make it into the dictionary? Journalist Stefan Fatsis finds ...

For the first time in more than 20 years, Merriam-Webster is out with a new edition of its “Collegiate Dictionary.” The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds. WBUR’s ...