Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “parasocial” as its 2025 Word of the Year, highlighting the rise of one-sided relationships between fans and public figures. Officials said the choice was influenced in ...

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein is now out on Netflix, with the monster (played by Jacob Elordi) shown to be far more human than his titular creator. The ending of the Netflix film differs from both ...

LaMelo Ball is a fun basketball player to watch in the NBA. The Charlotte Hornets point guard's style of game matches his personality: he’s flashy on the court just as much as he is off it. The ...

Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing "67" shouted randomly are far from over. Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen "67 ...

Getting ready for coding interviews can feel like a big task, and figuring out the best way to tackle LeetCode is a common question. Many people find that using Python for their LeetCode solutions ...

Since we first saw HIM‘s trailer, we felt great excitement at the prospect of the movie. A football horror movie makes all of the sense in the world to us. The sport lends itself well to a tradition ...

The Jewish tradition of debate is at the center of a new chamber opera about two scholars clashing over a Yiddish dictionary in the aftermath of World War II. By Rob Tannenbaum Arguments, on topics ...

Not long after my arrival, though, everything changed. Pageviews were declining for Merriam-Webster.com, the company’s free, ad-driven revenue engine: Tweaks to Google’s algorithms had punished ...

The Cambridge Dictionary has added more than 6,000 new words this year, many of them born from internet culture, including slang terms like “skibidi,” “delulu,” and “tradwife.” Lexicographers say the ...

Mr. Tersigni is a cultural critic. Have you ever obeyed the suggestions of a digital writing assistant to replace a word or restructure a sentence without knowing how, why or even if it made your ...