The NYT’s guide is particularly notable for its insistence that a significant amount of today’s slang isn’t new at all. The ...

Already a two-time Vermont State Spelling Bee champion, Newell is now aiming for a rare “three-peat.” She secured her spot in the upcoming state competition by winning the Riverside School spelling ...

Japan and South Korea have been drumming up attention on the world stage – and not just with their recent Nara summit on security and economic cooperation, which included their leaders engaging in a ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it the ...

In his end of year letter, Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group chief executive officer David Shelley revealed that the publisher would be pledging £200,000 in 2026 to fund 200 Book Nooks across the UK ...

Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...

AI chatbots, Taylor Swift, and social media influencers all played a part in deciding Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, 2025: "parasocial." Parasocial — revealed by the global dictionary on ...

‘AI slop’, ‘Australian sushi’ and ‘ate (left no crumbs)’ are also among the shortlist, which is open for voting until Sunday night Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

They say the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but around these parts, we know nothing tops the launch of the annual Popsugar Reading Challenge — our take on a virtual book club that ...