Maelstrom is a word used to describe chaos or a powerful whirlpool. It can talk about a confusing situation with too many things happening at once, or strong spinning water in the ocean. The word has ...

They say it’s good practice to learn a new word every day, and there’s one word mothers are hoping that you’ll choose for today, ...

Planting seeds sounds straightforward and, frankly, it should be: Buy a seed, plant it, add water and watch it grow. But one ...

Eleven months ago I began a series about wildflowers, but each column essay carried a much more important element than being just about wildflowers. I recommended specific things for you to do to ...

In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the ...

If the dictionary definition of dictatorship is applied strictly, then one could argue that the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, fits the description.

Dictionary.com has officially added the Taylor Swift–inspired word “Swifties” to its digital archive. Notably, Swift’s ...

Dictionary.com has officially added the Taylor Swift–inspired word “Swifties” to its digital archive. Notably, Swift’s enormous and beloved fanbase is known as “Swifties”. The fanbase name has joined ...

Anthropic saw a surveillance problem and walked. OpenAI saw an opportunity and signed. Now, Sam Altman is under fire for struggling to explain how OpenAI’s contract is any safer.

Swifties, it's your era now. Fans of Taylor Swift are officially part of the English language, after the latest update from ...

Dictionary.com’s latest winter word drop officially added “Swiftie” to its digital archive. The term joins fellow fandom identifiers like “Beyhive” (for Beyoncé fans), “Janeite” (for fans of Jane ...

As I said at my retirement luncheon, I’m retiring, not expiring. I’ll keep writing this column and other writing-related projects, for work and fun. I’ll figure it out. Suddenly, every day is Saturday ...