Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...
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The Term ‘67’ Is ‘Impossible to Define.’ It Just Became Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year for 2025
The dictionary says the viral word, which has become particularly popular among members of Gen Alpha, is "meaningless, ...
Cambridge Dictionary is being blasted by critics online for revising the definition of “man” and “woman” to include people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. “Man” is now ...
Oxford University Press has changed the definition of the word "woman" in its dictionaries after an online petition called on them to remove "sexist" language. Oxford lexicographers examined ...
Dictionary.com chose a popular slang term as its Word of the Year after analyzing data including headlines, social media trends, search engine results and more.
Earlier this year, Oxford University Press changed its entry for "woman" in its dictionaries to include more positive ways to describe a female. Shutterstock (CNN) -- Even the dictionary can be sexist ...
"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S ...
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