In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the dictionary can still tell us about language in modern life ...

For the first time, I am grateful to Zack Polanski. For, in branding Keir Starmer ‘Islamophobic’ simply for criticising ...

By the time you finish reading this introduction, a law will have been passed somewhere in the world that is technically legal but fundamentally unjust. For instance, if a bill mandating the execution ...

It's not like it's a new word, but Dictionary.com has made it official: The word "Swiftie" was added to the website as part of its Fan Favorite Winter Word Drop 2026.

Dictionary.com's latest winter word drop officially added "Swiftie" to its digital archive. The term joins fellow fandom identifiers like "Beyhive" (for Beyoncé fans), "Janeite" (for fans of Jane ...

As I said at my retirement luncheon, I’m retiring, not expiring. I’ll keep writing this column and other writing-related projects, for work and fun. I’ll figure it out. Suddenly, every day is Saturday ...

Netmums writer Steph Lowe was nearly 40-years-old before she learned about 'matrescence', a term unknown to 67% of mothers.