The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed.

The inclusion of words like "almóndiga" and "toballa" in dictionaries, despite being considered non-standard, reflects the ...

The English language is complex and apparently difficult to learn as a second language. Wikipedia says that it has over 1 ...

the word doesn’t really have a negative sense. Other words below are often confused for their opposite or have come to have connotations not quite reflected in their dictionary definitions.

At 28 letters, the word—which is defined ... Euouae and psst are the longest words comprised entirely of either vowels or consonants appearing in a major dictionary. Euouae, a medieval musical ...

No, you’re not hallucinating—hallucinate is also Dictionary.com’s word of the year. While the definition is slightly different, the intent is the same: “to produce false information ...

“Brat,” another word that has taken on new meaning in 2024, was named Collins Dictionary’s word of 2024 for being one of the most talked about words on and offline.

IYKYK and if you don't, well there's always Urban Dictionary. Online language learning ... of teenagers are most familiar with. While words like "salty" and "extra" transferred over from last ...

Last year's word of the year for the Oxford Dictionary was vax, while words related to vaccines spiked in frequency in 2021 because of Covid, with double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer all ...

becoming one of 690 new words to get added to the renowned dictionary. Cindy Ord/Getty According to the Oxford Dictionary, use of the word has increased dramatically this year — and in June ...

Now, it’s Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year ... there also seems to be a constellation of related words: “mindful,” “cutesy,” “respectful,” to name a few. Anthony Rotunno Some ...