After women of color called them out online, Dictionary.com is changing their definition of the word "black." (Credit: Dictionary.com) What is the definition of the word “black?” According to ...

On Tuesday, Dictionary.com deemed the word "woman" to be the word of the year for 2022, calling it a "prime example of the many gender terms undergoing shifts." The site suggested that, "more than ...

Discover the Word of the Year 2025 selections from leading dictionary websites like Merriam-Webster, Oxford, and ...

It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...

The Church of England refused to offer up a definition of a woman, arguing that recent developments required "additional care" when attempting to define the word. "There is no official definition, ...

Black women are taking to social media to call out Dictionary.com for describing the word “black” in multiple negative ways. The online dictionary service describes the word “black” as “characterized ...

It has been said over and over again: Words mean something. They have definition and definition matters. As Aristotle chided, “How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...