Today, Slate is debuting Pears, a brand-new word game to freshen up your puzzle routine. It's fast. It's fun. And it's got a little attitude. The brainchild of Slate's Dan Kois, built by a team of ...

Like many of us, Sam Rosenthal plays games like Wordle every day, chasing after good scores and sharing the results with ...

Internet culture has infiltrated the English language. New additions to the Cambridge Dictionary this year include skibidi, delulu, tradwife and broligarchy. In the past year, Cambridge Dictionary ...

From "yeet" to "social distancing," new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream ...

The game was included in the iOS 17.5 update, and Apple News Plus subscribers can play it now. Apple released iOS 17.5 in May, and the update brought a few new features to some iPhones, like the ...

As the English language evolves, dictionaries are always trying to keep up. Last week, Dictionary.com unveiled its latest update, which includes new words like “antifragile,” “forever chemicals,” ...

The more centrally connected someone is within their social media network, the more likely that new words they use will become adopted into mainstream language, according to a new study published in ...

Merriam-Webster surprised fans of “The Simpsons” by adding the word “cromulent” to the dictionary as part of the most recent update, making it official with the made-up term that first appeared in a ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. A new word game just ...