Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

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

Wordle is a word puzzle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Originally created by software engineer Josh Wardle and released to the public in 2021, the puzzle was acquired by ...