Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

Hims reports that a recent survey shows 64% of Americans feel healthier in 2025, focusing on mental health, sleep, and ...

The Book Truck, a mobile library set up in a van, has been traveling since 2021 to bring books to children living in villages ...

This woman’s reaction was instant—shock, tears, and disbelief. Without asking for anything, she was handed $500 in cash. It wasn’t just the money that moved her, but the reminder that someone still ...

Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster took the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds more than 5,000 new words, including ...

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

The easiest pangram of 2025 was flapping, found by 99 percent of players. The hardest pangram was philhellenic, which means ...

How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.

All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company said. “People found it annoying, and people ate it ...

Eighteen books by Princeton professors have been selected for inclusion in 2025 year-end “best of” lists — in some cases, multiple lists. The accolades celebrate faculty novels and short stories, ...