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The Oxford English Dictionary declares 'rizz' is the 2023 word of the year
The Today Show via AOL· 4 months agoIt's official: Rizz is the word of the year, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. What does...
‘Shower orange’ and ‘mountweazel’ among new terms officially added to Dictionary.com
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJust when we think we’ve got a handle on the English language, Dictionary.com comes along and...
Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYour convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and...
Fact Check: Armchair Linguists Claim 'Nickelodeon' Means 'I Don't Care About God.' Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTikTok user @AnimeBibleVerse, X user @AnimeBibleVerse, Google Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia...
Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I...
The kids are saying ‘GYAT’: What does it mean?
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhat’s GYAT, how do you pronounce it ... and should you be saying it in the first place? Take note: It's not a G-rated word. GYAT (which rhymes with...
Simp: The slang teenagers use to insult boys
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEditor’s note: After we first published this story in 2021, we received reader feedback about the term’s derivation and use in pop culture. We updated...
Sean Connery among new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entries
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoScottish actor Sir Sean Connery and English singer Dame Vera Lynn are among the new entrants in the...
Wordle clone Quordle acquired by Merriam-Webster
TechCrunch· 1 year agoMerriam-Webster, the Encyclopædia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Quordle...
What is ‘sus’? Decoding the latest slang word
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months ago"That's so sus, Mom!" Got a kiddo in Generation Z or Generation Alpha? Then everything must be "sus." "Sus" is short for "suspicious," according to Urban...