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“Rage bait” triumphed over “biohack” and “aura farming” to become Oxford's Word of the Year 2025. The two-syllable open-compound word refers to an attention-seeking form of...
Macquarie Dictionary, considered the standard reference on Australian English, has announced that 'AI slop' has been chosen by its committee and voted by the public as...
Feel connected to a celebrity you’ve never met in person? "Parasocial" has been crowned Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year, highlighting the rise in “unhealthy” and...
“Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using AI, has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025.
Every year, Germany’s youth select their annual "Youth Word of the Year", which is voted for by youngsters around the country.
The Cambridge Dictionary has officially added more than 6,000 new words this year, including a lot of new slang inspired by social media – which continues...
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You’re reading the John McWhorter newsletter, for Times subscribers only. A Columbia University linguist explores how race and language shape our politics and culture. Get it...
Child grooming accusations, AI controversies, and financial difficulties: how scandal after scandal led to the downfall of an online novel writing community.
If a picture paints a thousand words... Here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (24-28 March 2025).
