Depending on how you use it, literally might mean one thing—or the complete opposite. Here's how to use the word without (literally?) losing your cool. Somewhere along the way, things changed. People ...

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, ...

Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year represents the latest viral slang. Here's what "6-7" means, plus more Gen Alpha and Gen Z slang terms explained.

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 ...

"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it.

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 ...

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 ...

If you stand on a busy street corner in a city and close your eyes, you’re bound to hear lots of noise. The cars are honking, people are chattering, and the roar of construction never fades — it’s a ...

Ever heard someone waffle on an answer during a debate? There is an elegant word for that, and it is called “tergiversate.” It may be a mouthful of syllables, but its meaning can be as evasive as the ...