A new study finds that some gifted dogs can learn the names of new toys by eavesdropping. It's a skill that has only been ...

Does the year 2026 have a message for the collective? According to the practice of numerology, which assigns meaning to specific digits and numbers, the answer is yes. The year 2026's numerology theme ...

This year, my “art words of the year” are a mix (you can see last year’s, here). As usual, they include some terms that caught fire with a wide audience and others that have just been rattling around ...

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity ...

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 ...

After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

"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 ...

Has "67" reached its peak? Google added it as an Easter egg in the search engine. The new slang term spiked with Generation Alpha and Gen Z this year. Dictionary.com named "6-7" its 2025 Word of the ...

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A growing share of workers say political tension, economic pressure and rapid AI advances are draining their energy at work. Mentions of the word "fatigue" on Glassdoor rose 41% this year, a signal ...