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Merriam-Webster Asks What Words Should Be Used More In 2024, And We're Speechless
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSince 2024 is a new year, maybe people should use new words ― or at least different ones. That was...
Merriam-Webster Word of the Year Is the Opposite of Fake
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 7 months agoKaren Bleier/AFP via GettyIt’s been a year of artifice, of AI-generated deepfakes, blue-tick trolls,...
Merriam-Webster Is As Confused By Santa’s Reindeer Names As We Are
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe folks behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary apparently want to have some words with Santa Claus...
'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn't 'nibling' made...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA rose by any other name would smell as sweet – but would it sound as sweet? Alicia Llop/Moment via...
Merriam-Webster’s 2023 word of the year is the real deal
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAs the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come...
What is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2023?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Word of the Year reflects the preoccupations of the time... And in an age of post-truth, ChatGPT, and deepfakes run amok, the line between “real” and...
Merriam-Webster Declares 'Authentic' the 2023 Word of the Year
People via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe publishing company defines the adjective as "true to one's own personality, spirit or character"...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...
Dictionary.com’s word of the year is a common one. But it doesn’t mean what you think
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe online reference site chose “hallucinate” as its defining word of the year, referring to the...
Florida school district pulls dictionaries, encyclopedias from shelves to review for sexual content
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA Florida school district has pulled hundreds of books to determine whether they should be...