DEFINITION: A state of overwhelming emotion or sentiments that deeply affects one’s mood or thoughts. It is also a slang term commonly used to describe an emotional energy or atmosphere. ETYMOLOGY: It ...

If you’ve been scrolling too long on social media, you might be suffering from “brain rot,” the word of 2024, per the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. After public consultation, Oxford ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a ...

DEFINITION: A sculpture or model of a person; often made crudely and displayed in protest or anger, sometimes burned or destroyed to express strong opposition. ETYMOLOGY: The word comes from Latin ...

It's not unusual for the words of influencers to gain popularity. But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with introducing, ...