Dictionary.com announced its 2024 Word of the Year as “demure,” for which we can thank TikToker Jools Lebron. Her August viral TikTok video increased the word’s usage online by nearly 1200%.

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'authentic.' That says a lot about 2023 "Authentic" was one of this year's most looked-up words, according to the lexical leader.

The word of the year is "demure," which has been around for centuries but took on new meaning over the summer after Lebron went viral in a video showcasing how she did her makeup for work.

The 2023 Word of the Year was “rizz,” a slang term for charisma. Oxford globally tracks the usage of 26 billion words. Previous winners were “selfie” in 2013, “climate emergency” in ...

A more fun word that almost got word of the year is "EGOT," which is really an acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony – four very difficult entertainment awards to earn, and yet, some people have ...

In a year where AI, celebrity culture, identity and social media became a center of conversation, it's only fitting that Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "authentic."In a news release, the ...

Language experts choosing the Oxford word of the year 2023 were dazzled by a bright young thing, selecting a relative newcomer, “rizz,” for the top spot.. Derived from the word “charisma ...

"Hallucinate as our 2023 Word of the Year encapsulates technology's continuing impact on social change, and the continued discrepancy between the perfect future we envision and the messy one we ...