Words that reflect the zeitgeist: 2024 was very online. Ever since the American Dialect Society first selected a Word of the ...
Polarization, brain rot and brat -- the 2024 words of the year encapsulate the myriad ways digital life is influencing ...
Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year is “polarization” which was heard around the world during this year’s heated election ...
In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...
“Brain Rot” refers to the decline of a person’s mental state caused by the “over-consumption” of trivial material, especially ...
Merriam-Webster also released other words that were considered for the word of the year title. The word “demure” was in the running following the viral TikTok trend; as well as “weird,” in reference ...
May I have a word with you, please? Actually, two words. Brain rot. You just never know what kind of surprise awaits you when you check out this space, do you? I have the feeling brain rot wasn’t on ...
Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the ...
Oxford Dictionary always announces the ‘word of the year.’ Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English ...
The fighters who forced Bashar al-Assad into exile began the complex task of governing the Syrian capital. New York Times reporters entering the country saw relics of the deposed regime on the ...
My starting word of ORATE, which contains all five of ... but it was actually started earlier in June of that year and celebrated its first birthday on June 19, 2022. (You can read my thoughts ...
Elianne Andam, 15, was ambushed and repeatedly knifed as she made her way to school in Croydon, South London, in September last year. THE victim had just walked over a pedestrian crossing when ...