Comedian Jon Stewart questioned whether President Donald Trump understood what it meant to “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Over the weekend, Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iranian power ...

Language is a living thing. With a recent deluge of international travelers to Japan and plenty more aspirants, it may be no surprise that the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has once more inducted a ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has expanded its lexicon with the addition of new Nigerian words and expressions in its latest update, published in December 2025 and carried into 2026. The update ...

Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...

As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet. By Julia Carpenter There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

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If you felt a personal connection with a celebrity this year, you likely weren't alone. That feeling led Cambridge Dictionary to select "parasocial" as its 2025 word of the year. Parasocial is defined ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...