Linguists Have Officially Dubbed '-Ussy' as Word of the Year Oxford crowned the meme phrase “goblin mode” as Word of the Year, while Merriam-Webster named “gaslight”—a mental health term that saw traction on social media this year—as its word of the year. 06/18/2024 - 4:31 am | View Link
'Gaslight' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for No Good Reason As conversations around mental health become more normalized, so does the surface-level way we talk about it on the Internet. According to Merriam-Webster, the word “gaslight” is the dictionary’s 2022 ... 06/17/2024 - 10:55 pm | View Link
A Word, Please: Whether you use ‘if’ or ‘whether’ depends on the context As Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary explains it ... The closest thing to a pitfall with the word “whether” is the question of whether to add “or not”: I don’t know whether or not it will rain. 06/11/2024 - 12:14 pm | View Link
Do you know where the word 'bootleg' comes from? Here are the surprising origins of 50 common terms. We drew from The Old Farmer's Almanac, the Cambridge English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, literary and writing guides ... It may have started out with the word acute, referring to insects' ability to ... 01/19/2024 - 11:01 am | View Link
How the Merriam-Webster Dictionary word of the year helps people build mental resilience Merriam-Webster Dictionary has a long-standing tradition of posting the top word of the year, and this year it was “authentic.” The dictionary explained that in 2023, “authentic” had “a substantial ... 11/29/2023 - 8:44 am | View Link
Though the Netflix series America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is filled with plenty of revelations about the organization, one of the most shocking is that despite the intense athletic demands and rigorous schedule of the elite team, many of the dancers also balance the work of being a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader with full-time jobs in order to make enough to get by.
In the fifth episode of The Acolyte, the latest Star Wars series on Disney+, the villain known as simply “The Stranger” finally reveals himself. While wearing a mask to hide his identity, the mysterious Sith Lord goes on a Jedi murdering spree. At first, he takes out only minor characters whose names we don’t know, though in particularly brutal fashion: He impales one with a lightsaber and then Force-pulls a second Jedi toward him, impaling that Jedi too.
If there's one secret Blake Lively will always tell, it's how much she loves gushing over husband Ryan Reynolds online.
And after Hugh Jackman shared a photo of the Fall Guy actor in a white tank
Warning: This post contains spoilers for House of the Dragon.
Anyone who watched Game of Thrones knows it was no easy feat surviving in Westeros in the years leading up to the White Walkers’ assault on Winterfell—especially for those who were intent on fighting over the chance to sit on the Iron Throne.
The reality television community is mourning the loss of one of its budding stars.
KeKe Jabbar, who appeared in OWN’s Love and Marriage: Huntsville, has died, her family confirmed through social
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