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Merriam‑Webster Adds 1,400 Internet and AI‑Era Words to Dictionary

The update shows editors are documenting social‑media slang plus artificial‑intelligence terms after finding sustained, widespread use.

Merriam‑Webster Adds 1,400 New Words to Reflect Internet Culture and AI

Loudly Crying Face Tops Global Emoji Use for 2025, NYT Analysis Shows

Linguist-Style Clues Found in Guthrie Ransom Notes Could Point to Single Author

Treccani Says 'Femminicidio' Is the Most Searched Word on Its 2026 Portal

India Wins One Gold and Three Bronze Medals at International Linguistics Olympiad

Dhanush Urges Students to Prioritise Tamil During Visit to Alma Mater

Study Finds Human Languages Peaked 1,000–3,000 Years Ago

Study Finds Global Language Diversity Peaked 1,000–3,000 Years Ago

Study Estimates Tens of Thousands of Languages Existed in Antiquity

Unicode Approves Nine New Emoji Including a Whole Pickle

Anthropic Finds Claude’s Responses Vary by Model and Language

Emily Blunt Reveals She Once Planned to Be a UN Spanish Translator

GHS 2025 Shows More Young Adults Staying Single as Singapore Shifts Toward English and No Religion

Trump Touts Top ICE Arrests and Calls Fox’s Shannon Bream 'Milk Toast'

Forgetting Boosts Language Learning in Transformer Models

Amazon Tests Alexa+ in India With Invite-Only Hindi Beta

Harris’s ‘Hope Should Be a Verb’ Line Goes Viral

‘Mehrzweckeier’ Campaign Pushes Protest Neologism Toward Langenscheidt Youth Word Shortlist

‘Kuddelmuddel’ Named Plattdeutsch Word of the Year 2026