I choose a single word each year to guide my decisions, and in 2025, “Win” reshaped how I think about success, family and growth. A single word cuts through noise and helps you define progress when ...

The years leading up to 2025 were marked by a rare optimism that the United States would finally do something about climate change. Former president Joe Biden called the crisis an “enormous ...

After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it the ...

There is one word that sums up what workplaces feel like and what job hunters experienced in 2025 - and it’s not flattering. Online career and recruiting platform Glassdoor has picked “fatigue” as its ...

The Oxford University Press, which publishes the dictionary, announced that its Word of the Year this year is “rage bait,” which it defines as a noun meaning: “Online content deliberately designed to ...

Sometimes, you just don’t have enough to say something long. Sometimes, brevity and concision win the day. Maybe we should leave it at that… Nah! We’ll save the short stuff for a bit later here. Why?

When Vanity Fair reported Kim Kardashian’s comments that she “doesn’t believe in homework” and “kids are already in school eight hours a day,” she voiced a concern many families recognize: When the ...

When it comes to horror movies, sometimes the most efficacious titles are the simplest joints. A single word can evoke fear, curiosity, and terror all at once ...

About a year ago, Isabel Steckel texted her 30-year-old older brother about hanging out the following afternoon. She received a one-word reply: “Sure.” “If you’re bringing ‘sure’ attitude, then let’s ...

Sometimes all you need is a word to get your idea across. Sure, there are movies or television shows or albums or tracks with titles so long you can’t remember them. But then there are the concise ...