Cambridge Dictionary has revealed "parasocial" as its word of the year for 2025, defined as involving a connection someone ...

Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English select a "word of the year." ...

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

For us linguists, the flurry of “word of the year” announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as ...

"AI slop," "parasocial," and "rage bait," reflect a growing unease with online interactions. These terms highlight artifice, ...

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

Parasocial connection pulls people in. Rage bait keeps them emotionally activated. Slop ensures there’s always more to ...

The dominance of words like slop, vibe coding, glazing, paraoscial and clanker shows that AI is now playing a huge role in ...

For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as ...

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

Abstract: The article researches the possibilities of using online resources, namely online electronic dictionaries, in the process of foreign language learning in engineering education. The ...