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There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

The quest to define and canonize new words in American English is as old as the country itself. In the new book "Unabridged: ...

Origin and history The word 'remora' originates from the Latin word 'remorari', meaning to linger' or 'to delay'. This name ...

Pyromancy refers to the ancient practice of divination—seeking omens, guidance, or spiritual messages by observing the ...

Grody was initially spelled groaty, in the mid-1960s, and it’s basically used to describe something that’s slovenly, dirty, ...

"Language is deeply personal. It connects us to family, history and place," said Paul Mishkin, CEO of IXL Learning, Rosetta ...

The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative AI, landed it Merriam-Webster's ...

In a move likely unsurprising to regular readers of this fine publication, Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'Slop' (via ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.

Cold symptoms usually last between seven and 10 days. Flu symptoms are more severe and tend to develop suddenly. Influenza can lead to severe complications, especially in older adults, pregnant people ...

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