The Word of the Year is one that is rarely spoken. The word “hashtag” — the act of using a pound sign (#) followed by a word or phrase to tag a message on Twitter — was dubbed “Word of the Year 2012” ...

This video shares words from the old Appalachian dialect and mountain sayings passed down through generations in the Appalachian Mountains. These are real words used in the hills and hollers of ...

The American Dialect Society—the same august, century-old body that brought us “-ussy” as its 2022 Word Of The Year—has gone ahead and once again decided to choose chaos, naming “rawdog” its WOTY for ...

In 1990, the American Dialect Society named its first "word of the year" — a word (or phrase) chosen by a group of linguists and professors that encapsulates how Americans have been speaking for the ...

This month, Slate is republishing some of our favorite stories. Here’s today’s selection: Matthew J.X. Malady’s Good Word columns were a delight for dedicated linguists and word dabblers alike. This ...

Language is an ever-evolving and living thing; a social construct plucked from the minds of millions, with each hand that touches it shaping it in some small but ineffable way. And like all living ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Pluto is finally getting some respect – not from astronomers, but from wordsmiths. “Plutoed” was chosen 2006’s Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting ...

The time has come around for language folks to challenge each other to pick the words they believe best characterizes the year just past. Merriam-Webster chose “justice” based on search queries to its ...