Dictionary.com has chosen a term new to its online reference service for its Word of the Year – a word that, it says, “acts as a powerful prism through which to view the defining events and ...

Big world events often influence how much a word is looked up online, and Merriam-Webster’s most searched terms of 2021 make up their Word of the Year list. For 2021, the top word on the list was — ...

Merriam-Webster has announced its 2021 Word of the Year and, surprise, surprise, it’s not “floccinaucinihilipilification.” No, instead, the winner is the word “vaccine,” which beat out over 470,000 ...

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 as "perseverance", with editors crediting global interest in NASA's mission to Mars. Look-ups for the word spiked after the ...

The Collins Dictionary has officially announced its 10-word annual shortlist for word of 2021, as well as declaring that “NFT” — though technically understood to be an abbreviation for “nonfungible ...

We came; we saw; we strolled out. After two hours of debate, we had a winner, the Macquarie Dictionary word of 2021. And for once, unlike cancel culture (2019) or fake news (2016), it was one word.

“NFT,” the abbreviation of “non-fungible token,” has been named Word of the Year by dictionary publisher Collins, beating “crypto” and “cheugy” to the top spot. An NFT is “a unique digital certificate ...