WASHINGTON — The Cambridge Dictionary has named “parasocial” as its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting an overall increase in public interest around one-sided relationships with celebrities, ...

They’re letting the dictionary define them as a person. Urban Dictionary is often viewed as a sophomoric source for dirty words, but now bored social media users have tapped into the crowd-sourced ...

For some, the word induces dread. But to Barlow, it brings a sense of hope. The dictionary's president says the spike in searches for the word reflects that people have grown more aware of fake or ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

In the latest trend to captivate social media, people are searching for their own names on Urban Dictionary and posting the positive and not-so-positive “definitions.” For those unfamiliar with Urban ...