Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merriam-Webster announced its 2024 Word of the Year. Ironically, it is something on which many would agree. The dictionary and ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI), landed it ...

Merriam-Webster’s choice of “slop” as its 2025 word of the year calls attention to the psychological consequences of AI-generated content.

The results of the 2024 US presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the ...

Did you try to be more authentic this year? Were you trying to figure out what "authentic" even means? Either way, you weren't alone: It's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023, an annual ...