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 the ...

October 16 marks the 260th birth anniversary of lexicographer Noah Webster, whose dictionary remains the American standard. It’s because of Webster that Americans no longer have the superfluous “u” in ...

Did you try to be more authentic this year? Were you trying to figure out what "authentic" even means? Either way, you weren't alone: It's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023, an annual ...