Are we sure this is a cromulent thing to do, Dictionary.com? Dictionary.com has updated its database with a slew of new entries and definitions, many of which were inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

When online dictionary users see the "Did you mean" autocorrect message, it could mean they've simply misspelled a word. Often, however, it means the words they're searching for are so new that ...

Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim "Yeet!" ICYMI, those are five of the 370 words and phrases that ...

Hangry is one of the newest entries. It's defined as "bad tempered or irritable as a result of hunger." Also added mansplain: when a man explains "needlessly, overbearingly or condescendingly." Good ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On Tuesday, Dictionary.com announced its own ...

The popular online dictionary Urban Dictionary has added the word "Israeled" to its entries. According to the dictionary, the definition describes it as claiming something that belongs to someone else ...

‘Our lexicographers are updating the dictionary more frequently than ever, doing the human-scale work of documenting words across the vast spectrum of the always-evolving English language,’ the ...

Dictionary.com has added "zaddy" — personified by actor Christopher Meloni — to its entries. (Photo: Virginia Sherwood/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Trying to keep your zaddies straight from ...

The Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language represents a breakthrough in linguistic research, built on a scale and ...