The 2024 "Words of the Year" were revealed from top dictionaries like Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Cambridge. Dictionary.com’s top word was "demure," reflecting a surge in popularity ...

A swirl of political, societal, technical, and practical currents converged to help a phenomenon—the “cellphone ban"—rise to prominence in 2024, making it Education Week’s word (or phrase) of the year ...

Last month, on Nov. 14, Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its favorite. Language experts from the publishing house of the ...

The trending term was selected by Dictionary.com after its "meteoric rise in usage" The Hapa Blonde/GC Images The word ‘demure’ has been announced as the 2024 word of the year by Dictionary.com. The ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” Defined as a “division ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A very mindful Dictionary.com named its 2024 word of the year ...

“Demure,” a word that went viral over the summer, has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 word of the year — beating out other contenders like “brainrot,” “brat,” and “weird.” In an announcement Monday, ...