Last month, on Nov. 14 ... the company on Monday announced the 2024 Oxford Word of The Year: "brain rot." A noun, 'brain rot' is defined as the assumed deterioration of a person's mental or ...

Usage of the word increased 230%, in the last year according to data from the Oxford Corpus. It’s defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state ...

The term Seven Last Words actually refers to the last seven utterances Jesus made while on the cross. This year, Rhodes is choosing a different set of songs to reflect the array of meanings in ...

A 67-year-old convicted murderer became the first person in the United States to be executed by firing squad in 15 years, using his final words to call for an end to the death penalty. Brad Sigmon ...

Merriam-Webster on Monday named its 2024 Word of the Year as “Polarization.” The dictionary publisher said polarization is defined as “division into two sharply distinct opposites ...

However, his actual last word was “water.” Rutherford B. Hayes said, “I know I am going where Lucy is.” His wife, the former first lady Lucy Webb Hayes, had died four years earlier.

This is all enshittification. It was a big word last year too, the American Dialect Society picked it as the word of the year in 2023, but it’s gotten worse and we all feel it. Doctorow feels it ...

Mr. Chalfin makes some charming grids, no doubt about it. This is his 10th crossword for The New York Times, and his third Sunday puzzle. It’s a fairly breezy solve, and the theme is lovely; you’ll ...