Have you ever heard someone tell a tired old joke, only for someone else to dismiss it as an “old chestnut”? Jokes aren’t the ...

One of my favorite Ben Webster albums from the tail end of his career is Webster's Dictionary, recorded in London for Ronnie Scott Records in October 1970. The label was founded by Scott, the famed ...

Scholasticide and domicide are among several new terms that has been used to describe Israel's actions in Gaza.

go-cup and omnicide are just a few of the 640 words added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary on Monday. Deciding what gets included is a painstaking process involving the company’s roughly two ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary chose "menorah" as its Word of the Day for Thursday. Its definition of the word is stated as "a candelabra with seven or nine lights that is used in Jewish worship.

Questions about accuracy and authenticity quickly emerge during this writer's first experience with artificial intelligence.

MDC Enegy LLC v. Crosby Energy Services Inc. et al. was an indemnity dispute in which the players were many and the facts ...

The suspect, an American, also died at the scene. Officials have designated the attack terrorism like the 2017 vehicular ...

Cap/No cap: To "cap" means to "lie, to boast, or to front," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (although this meaning hasn't officially made it yet). "No cap" means you are being truthful ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

“Brain rot” – WOTY at Oxford University Press, publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary – refers to the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially ...

Headline writers have settled on 'awkward' to describe the Jan. 6 election certification — but is that the right word?