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Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, ...
With 2025 nearly over, it seems as though everyone is feeling tired in the same way. Tired of the feed, the noise, and trying to work out whether something they ...
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A SCOTTISH government Bill aiming to curb “excessive profit” from providing placements for children in care fails to define it, a Holyrood committee has warned. In a sector in which private and ...
Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it ...
Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it ...
1 p.m. Oct. 31, 2025: This story updated with additional comment. If you’ve spent any time around kids, teenagers or the internet in the last year, you’ve probably heard the phrase 67. Kids randomly ...
Multiple dictionaries have released their selection for 2025’s ”Word of the Year”. Time Magazine reported the top selection for each of the major dictionaries: “rage bait” from Oxford Dictionary, “AI ...