Parents and teachers cover your ears. Dictionary.com says its word of the year is “6-7.” The viral term is one kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about.

Quarantine is a word that has become all too familiar in recent years, but its origins are centuries old. Stemming from the Italian "quaranta giorni," which means "forty days," the term was used during the Black Death in the 14th century.

Dictionary.com has revealed its word — or rather, numbers — of the year for 2025. The website announced on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that its official Word of the Year is 6-7, a word derived from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla that features the recurring lyric, “6-7.”

"Neurodivergent" is not just a way to describe medical diagnoses like autism and ADHD. It encompasses a range of ways in which people's brains differ from what is considered normal in the U.S.

Word junkie: the bull market in buzzwords, with boots on the ground A down-to-earth walk through “curated experiences” in Sonoma County that translates hype into plain English I took a notebook

Did you know English didn’t really start out as English? A huge chunk of the language actually comes from elsewhere. In fact, some estimates say close to 80% of English words were borrowed from other languages over time.

Sometime around the early- to mid-2000s, countless thousands of people decided they hate the word “moist.” Some had probably hated it all along. Others were clearly jumping on a bandwagon — like middle school girls deciding some person or thing ...

The word “phantasmagoria” is defined as a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream. It is a noun that often refers to illusions. The word “phantasmagoria’ is pronounced /fan-taz-muh-GAW-ree-uh/.