Explore India's strategic exemptions impacting the Aravalli Hills, balancing mineral mining needs against environmental ...

An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

If the first round of creative work doesn’t hit the mark, it might not be the work that’s off—it might be the brief.

This year, we tasked our newsroom sections with the feat of finding one word that they think best describes this past year.

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

You may think you have an impressive vocabulary, but it’s about time to put that confidence to the test. This vocabulary quiz has 26 smart words – from ‘besotted’ to ‘facetious’, from ‘quintessential’ ...

Many people loathe “big words”. Why say “subsequent” when “next” does the trick, right? Well, it could be argued that those “big words” are actually intrinsic to how we, as people, communicate. They ...

Even if you don't know the meaning of the Oxford University Press' word of the year for 2025, you've probably been a victim of it on social media. The publisher for the Oxford English Dictionary said ...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms. The group behind the Oxford English Dictionary says the term ...

And if you’re angry about it, that just proves the point. By Jennifer Schuessler Over the past few months, Jennifer Lawrence, World Series fans and right-wing influencers have all confessed to it. And ...

A relationship expert weighs in on what to do if your partner fails the test IF YOU are having doubts about your relationship, five words could help you determine whether it is worth sticking around.