If you’re stuck shopping for someone who “has everything,” I have a suggestion: Get them an art book. They’re thoughtful, personal, and, yes, can double as décor. The best part is you can gift ...

AI’s impact on our social media feeds has not gone unnoticed by one of America’s top dictionaries. Amidst the onslaught of content that has swept the web over the past 12 months, Merriam-Webster ...

Some of the most popular spots on the web battled an influx of AI-generated slop throughout 2025. Some of the most popular spots on the web battled an influx of AI-generated slop throughout 2025. is a ...

Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it has become a cultural phenomenon. On Sunday, Merriam-Webster ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief In a world of digital noise and clutter ...

Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years. Extremely unsurprisingly, the famous and venerable publisher of dictionaries and other reference ...

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it happens, is also one of the 194-year-old dictionary's top words of 2025. "We ...

On the evening before Thanksgiving, the president of the United States took to his social media platform to claim in a lengthy screed that immigration was destroying the country. In one spurious ...

The Oxford University Press promises it's not rage baiting with its two-word Word of the Year. The publishing house announced on Dec. 1 that its experts have named "rage bait" the 2025 Word of the ...

And it has become so ubiquitous online that the Oxford Dictionary named “rage bait” as its Word of the Year on Sunday. Use of the term has increased threefold this year, suggesting people know “they ...

And if you’re angry about it, that just proves the point. By Jennifer Schuessler Over the past few months, Jennifer Lawrence, World Series fans and right-wing influencers have all confessed to it. And ...

President Donald Trump posted a series of anti-immigration messages on Thanksgiving, one of which included a slur. In a Truth Social post, Trump used the "r-word" to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.