A HILARIOUS rare book filled with old London slang has gone up for auction – but can you guess what some of the words mean?

But, as a lover of words, there is a dark side. If I love words so much — you know, words like curmudgeon, cantankerous, ...

Seven in ten believe today’s children use fewer words than previous generations, with 67% saying children now struggle to ...

Why do we use words like “natural” in economics? Or what about the word “utility”? The answer can be traced all the way back ...

Language doesn’t stand still — it absorbs, adapts and occasionally gets nudged along by pop culture. According to The Japan ...

The expression "6-7" spread like wildfire last year, making its way outside the realm of usual adolescent slang and into the ...

Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, what they reveal about the year just passed, and the forces shaping ...

Analysis shows obscure and barely used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time If you have seen a news story declaring 2025’s chosen “word of the year” in recent weeks, you ...

Word of the Year: Every year, leading dictionary websites select a “Word of the Year” to reflect the most important social, cultural, and digital trends of that year. These words are not chosen ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he developed the "Avatar" aliens' language. "It's been quite a remarkable event in ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words. Russia is doing this. They've published a ...