There are words that are easy to understand, and then, there are words like “recondite.” The thing about “recondite” is that it doesn’t just describe something obscure and complex to figure out, it is ...

After a full week of sugar and spice and everything nice, Monday’s word of the day provides the ideal description for a select few from your ultimate Halloween candy haul. As you divide each piece of ...

When we think of Christmas, certain words come to mind that go along with the holiday season. "Peace," "joy," "Yuletide" and "nativity" are a few that can remind us of what the season is all about.

The new generation’s slang term for charm was popularized by Kai Cenat Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic Rizz is a way to describe an individual's charm or game while flirting The term was popularized by ...

If you’re wondering why we gravitate towards certain flavors, brands or even people, there’s a term for that. That pull towards someone or something is not left to chance, it’s predilection. The word ...

Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air. Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and ...

Life is so unpredictable that it rarely unfolds in a straight line. Instead, it twists and turns, rising with the positive and falling with the negative. There’s a word for this ever-shifting nature ...

Imagine it’s a big presentation day at work or school. You see someone walk into the room, deliver the presentation without flinching and leave everyone dazzled without breaking a sweat. That is ...

It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects “social trends and global events that defined that year” and “reveals the stories we tell about ourselves and how we’ve changed over the ...

For a Word of the Year, this selection might be kind of so-so. Or it might be completely meaningless. Welcome to the slang term 6-7, selected by dictionary.com as its Word of the Year for 2025. Anyone ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...