California's governor also issued a damning summary of the president's address to the nation, as did many other lawmakers and ...

Terms like ‘affordability,’ ‘socialism’ and ‘famine’ take on new, politically convenient meanings.

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster cited ‘absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, (and) cheesy propaganda’ flooding ...

The word “obdurate” is an adjective that describes the act of stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action ...

“Affordability” is a word of the moment. Donald Trump calls worries about the cost of living a “hoax”. Democrats are making ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

The Pentagon is policing troops' speech in ways experts call an "abuse." Some service members are self-censoring and ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

The volley of vulgarities underscore an ever-coarsening political environment that often plays out on social media or other digital platforms.

The president filed a defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster after the company published a video critics say was unfairly edited.

As she prepares to leave office, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is looking back on Mayor Eric Adams' administration as ...

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.