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Today slop means something different. In its new form, “slop” won 2025 word of the year from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Some say fiber-optic internet is the gold standard. But new Trump administration rules paved the way for more Starlinks.

From “rage bait” to “aura-farming,” tracking words on the rise this year reveals how the internet and AI are reshaping ...

Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added several Nigerian-origin words in its latest update, reflecting the growing global influence of the nation’s language, culture and cuisine.The December 2025 ...

Before we used the internet, these words meant something else entirely. Read on to learn the original meaning of 10 everyday internet terms.

Word of the Year: Every year, leading dictionary websites select a “Word of the Year” to reflect the most important social, cultural, and digital trends of that year. These words are not chosen ...

As AI blurs the line between real and synthetic media, strategies for restoring user trust online are still taking shape as we enter 2026. How often have you come across an image online and wondered, ...

Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...

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 ...