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Collins Dictionary names AI 'word of the year' in ChatGPT era
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has earned the title of 'Word of the year' by the makers of Collins Di…
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Rizzlers rejoice: The Oxford English Dictionary has announced its word of the year
Though it was already floating around the internet, the word skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 when…
Sebastian Cahill
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The Cambridge Dictionary named 'hallucinate' its word of the year — and it captures the AI industry's biggest challenge
"Hallucination" refers to incidents in which AI convincingly spits out inaccuracies as though they …
Kai Xiang Teo
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Online dictionary Merriam-Webster acquires Wordle clone, Quordle
Encyclopedia Britannica subsidiary popular for its online dictionary, Merriam-Webster, has acquired…
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Merriam-Webster dictionary pokes fun at Elon Musk's Twitter Blue subscription service
Elon Musk has attracted criticism for making the platform more exclusive for paying subscribers by …
Pete Syme
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23 new gender and sexuality terms added to the dictionary in 2022
Dictionary.com and the Oxford English Dictionary expanded their pages this year with words like "si…
Julia Naftulin
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10 surprising words that have been added to the dictionary this year
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Talia Lakritz
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A teacher is going viral on TikTok for his 'Gen Z term dictionary' featuring words like 'baddie' and 'no cap'
High school teacher Larry Lexicon also emphasised that many of the words popular with this generati…
Lindsay Dodgson
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86-year-old removes ‘retirement’ from his dictionary to become a startup founder
Avimee Herbal produces hair and skin care products using a mixture of ayurvedic and modern ingredie…
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Merriam-Webster added 455 new words to the dictionary, here are the oddest ones
The new additions, including whataboutism and FTW, are related to internet slang, the coronavirus p…
Emily Walsh
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A Florida school district rejected a donation of dictionaries due to its book freeze
A rotary club in Venice has donated 300 dictionaries annually to the school district for 15 years. …
Katie Balevic
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NFT wins Collins Dictionary Word of the Year Award for 2021
The abbreviation for non-fungible tokens shot to fame as institutional adoption grew. Other words i…
Isabelle Lee
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30 words you won't believe were added to the dictionary in the last decade
Some of these words may have seemed silly at first but slowly worked their way into everyday conver…
Talia Lakritz
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Doug Emhoff's title 'Second Gentleman' has been added to the dictionary
"I might be the first, but I won't be the last," Doug Emhoff wrote on Twitter in response to Merria…
Talia Lakritz
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How to add words to the internal dictionary on your Android device, and add shortcuts for longer words
You can manually add words to your Android device's internal dictionary if it doesn't already recog…
Melanie Weir
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Dictionary.com posted a savage tweet after 'Jeopardy!' host Mike Richards stepped down
Dictionary.com contains every word in the English language, and it's clear the people behind the we…
Madison Hall
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A woman emailed Merriam-Webster asking the dictionary to update their definition of racism. She was shocked when they agreed.
"With everything going on, I think it's important everyone is on the same page," Kennedy Mitchum to…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Merriam-Webster adds gender-neutral 'they' to dictionary
Using "they" as a singular pronoun has become common for people who identify as gender nonbinary, o…
Andy Kiersz
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An anti-racist's dictionary: 19 words on race, gender, and diversity you should know
From "racial equity" to "white fragility," you're likely to hear a lot more of these terms given th…