"Thomas Jefferson survives." What Adams didn't know was that Jefferson had actually passed away several hours earlier.

Eight words were put forward by Oxford language experts as contenders for the 2023 Word of the Year. The words reflected "the mood, ethos, or preoccupations of the year," according to the release.

A family from Texas shared the devastating last words of a young man who died while trying to save them from the devastating ...

What word defined the past year for you? ... Oxford slides in at the last minute with a totally different word of the year for 2023: rizz. This noun, popular among Gen Z, ...

Last year, OUP chose “rizz,” a Gen Z slang term that’s short for “charisma,” as their word of the year. Meanwhile, Collins Dictionary crowned “brat” the word of the year, with a nod ...

He's the president of Oxford Languages, and he's had a hand in picking the word of the year for the last 20 years. GRATHWOHL: A lot of online communities and social media are driving word trends.

An 18-year-old girl Disha Thakkar has shared the last words of her 17-year-old best friend who was a victim of the Air India plane crash; The deceased and her father were delivering tiffins to her ...

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, ...

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 ...

Last year, my nudge word was growth, which I chose because I felt a bit stuck — at both work and in my personal life. At the time I chose it, I had no real plans for change, ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. In 2003, Merriam-Webster kicked off the annual tradition of choosing a "word of the year," based on search volume on the dictionary publisher's website, which serves ...