"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S ...

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture. Woke - it's just four ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, Hamas issued a statement calling “all Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, and free people worldwide” to “muster all your energies, and mobilize in numbers, both light and heavy, ...

Learn more about how “6 7” became Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year and why it’s everywhere online. Every year, a new phrase takes over TikTok and everyday conversations—but no one saw this one ...

If clarity shines a light on something, obfuscating it is casting a shadow over it. The word “obfuscate” is cloaked in darkness, and often describes things that are shrouded in mystery, are ...

This word seems to be popping up everywhere lately. It is heard in meetings, it appears in headlines, and you might even discover it in casual conversation about a cat video over coffee. That word is ...

If you’re wondering why we gravitate towards certain flavors, brands or even people, there’s a term for that. That pull towards someone or something is not left to chance, it’s predilection. The word ...

Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about and parents and teachers can’t make any sense of.

The word "gadget" likely originated as nautical slang in the mid-1800s, when it was used by sailors as a placeholder term for tools or items whose names they couldn't remember. But language is ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

Every year, a new phrase takes over TikTok and everyday conversations—but no one saw this one coming. Dictionary.com has officially named “6 7” the Word of the Year for 2025, and it’s left parents, ...