However, the definition for "irregardless" has been included in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged edition since 1934. In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true ...

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company said. “People found it annoying, and people ate it ...

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it ...

Traditionally, slop referred to soft mud, waste food, or other messy, valueless substances. But in 2025, the word has taken ...