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Treading away from the traditional, archaic words found in Oxford dictionaries, the Merriam-Webster dictionart added some Gen-Z words and expressions this year...
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on December 23, 2023

Merriam-Webster has chosen "authentic" as their word of the year for 2023, reflecting a crisis of authenticity in the age of deepfakes and post-truth. Other..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on November 27, 2023

These new words reflect the ever-changing landscape of our language, influenced by technology, pop culture, and the creativity of the younger generations. Here..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on October 29, 2023

Gaslighting was popularised by a 20th-century play and is used to describe misleading and manipulative behaviour in numerous scenarios.
Credit: DNA - Published on December 14, 2022

“Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on November 28, 2022

"Greenwashing," a topic of frequent discussion, actually has dictionary definition. According to Merriam-Webster, greenwashing is "the act or practice of making..
Credit: Mondaq - Published on November 22, 2022

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Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on November 1, 2021

The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic. The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word,..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on December 1, 2020

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be?
Credit: Hindu - Published on November 30, 2020

The dictionary decided the define the word ‘irregardless', much to the irritation of many English speakers.
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published on July 11, 2020

Hundreds of teary-eyed mourners wearing masks attended the solemn funeral service of George Floyd, whose custodial killing led to widespread protests in the US..
on June 11, 2020 • Mid-Day

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