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Booyah — Dictionary.com Is 30! A Trip Back to 1995

10 K-Words That Reflect Korean Culture’s Growing Impact In The...

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“Happy Monday” Alternatives From The Dictionary.com Staff

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12 Of The Weirdest Wordle Answers By Dictionary.com

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Cottagecore, Dreamcore, Normcore, and Other -Core Words

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The Mandela Effect, Streisand Effect, and Other “Effects”

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Doxing, Sealioning, and Rage Farming: The Language of Online Harassment...

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The Curious Name Origins of World-Famous Vacation Destinations

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Wrap Your Mind Around 10 Terms About The Multiverse

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From Trainee To Bias: The Big 16 K-Pop Slang Terms...

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16 Words From The 2010s So Lit We Should Bring...

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Did You Know You Can Write These 17 Words On...

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Prepare For The Lavish World Of Bridgerton With 16 Regency...

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Words We Know Because Of Star Trek

Whether or not you're a Trekkie, you are bound to know (and even use) some of these phrases made popular by the beloved sci-fi franchise, Star Trek.

Beam over to these words!

Why Do Americans Call Football “Soccer”?

Why does the most popular sport in the world have two names? Learn about where the names "football" and soccer" come from, and who uses them now.

Find out which term came first.

Have You Ever Heard Of These Strange Studies?

From Escapology to Scatology, we’re touring the campus of out-of-the-ordinary fields of study in which some people specialize. Did your campus have these majors?

Discover your next major.