Word of the day: AbibliophobiaSynopsis - Abibliophobia is a funny word that means fear of running out of books to read. It is made from Greek roots and sounds scientific...
27 Feb, 2026, 07.28 AM IST
Dictionary.com chooses 'hallucinate' as 2023's Word of the Year. Here's why"Hallucinate" has been selected as the 2023 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com. In the context of machine learning programs, the second def...
13 Dec, 2023, 12.54 AM IST
Dictionary.com adds 300+ new words, hellscape, digital nomad & pinkwashing make their debutThe new words signify several hot-button subjects, such as social justice and work-life balance.
02 Mar, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
Goblin mode is Oxford Dictionary's word of the year and it captures mood of 2022. Check meaningOxford Dictionary announced the Word of the Year for 2023, which summarizes the year very nicely.
06 Dec, 2022, 11.30 AM IST
Permacrisis is Collins Dictionary's word of the year. Know why and its meaningGlasgow-based HarperCollins is the publisher of the Collins Dictionary. The dictionary is run by Collins Learning, a branch of HarperCollin...
01 Nov, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
Aadhaar, dabba, hartal, shaadi among 26 new Indian English words added to Oxford DictionaryOut of the 26 new words, 22 figure in the printed dictionary, while the other four are in the digital version.
24 Jan, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
Anantkumar Hegde calls Rahul Gandhi 'moron' for 'Modilie'The snapshot shows that 'Modilies' means to constantly modify the truth, to lie incessantly and habitually and to lie without respite.
17 May, 2019, 12.35 PM IST
Oxford Dictionaries responds to Rahul Gandhi's new word 'Modilie', says it doesn't existThe assertion from Oxfrod through its verified Twitter account came a day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi used the term to take a dig...
17 May, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
In a first, Oxford launches Hindi word of the yearThe Hindi word of the year will be a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of interest this year.
16 Nov, 2017, 03.20 PM IST
'Anna', 'achcha', and 70 other Indian words make it to the Oxford DictionaryMost of the Indian words added to the dictionary pertain to relationships, culture and food.
26 Oct, 2017, 04.43 PM IST
Merriam-Webster dictionary gets first update since 2014, ghosting, FLOTUS make the cutOver 1,000 new words have been added to the dictionary.
08 Feb, 2017, 06.08 PM IST
A suffix, an emoji among 2015's top wordsFor the first time, Merriam-Webster named on December 15 the suffix 'ism' as its 2015 word of the year.
03 Jan, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
Manspreading, awesomesauce added to online Oxford dictionary'Manspreading' - sitting with legs apart on public transport & 'awesomesauce' that means excellent are among new words added to the Oxford ...
27 Aug, 2015, 07.16 PM IST
'Arre yaar', 'churidaar' make it to Oxford Dictionary'Arré yaar' is no longer just Indian. It is among the new list of words accepted by the Oxford English Dictionary along with churidar, bhel...
26 Jun, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
Indian kitchen goes global, 'keema', 'papad' now English wordsReflecting the global popularity of Indian food, a number of Indian words like 'keema' and 'papad' have been accepted in the Oxford English...
19 Jan, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
1,000 new words added to Oxford Dictionary'Mamil', 'silvertail' and 'crony capitalism' are among the 1,000 new words to be added to OxfordDictionaries.com, the free online dictionar...
04 Dec, 2014, 04.33 PM IST
Crazy facts about Words With FriendsMore than 58 billion words have been played in five years — the word that has been played the most is “qi,” and it’s been played more than ...
15 Oct, 2014, 02.33 PM IST