Believe it or not, 67 is Word of the Year for 2025. Dictionary.com chose to go with a word that means literally nothing and is simply a nod to Gen Alpha's linguistic ways. What does 67 mean, and how did the hoopla start? Why is everyone angry with 67?

67 is Word of the Year, and literally has no meaning - Netizens react, say have 'lost hope for mankind's future'

The Cambridge Dictionary has officially added thousands of new words in 2025, including popular Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang terms like "skibidi," "delulu," and "tradwife." The move reflects the growing influence of internet culture and online communities on the English language.


Internet slang ‘skibidi’ and ‘delulu’ enter Cambridge Dictionary

Indian Ministry of Education’s Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) is working to develop underrepresented technical and scientific terminology in 10 Indian regional languages.

India: Govt to publish dictionaries of regional languages with scientific, technical terms

Oxford English Disctionary while putting the spotlight on New Zealand's first inhabitants, the Māori people, originally called Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud added 47 new items to further expand its coverage of New Zealand English.

From 'rangatahi' to 'kuia': Oxford English Dictionary adds 47 Maori, New Zealand words

The Cambridge Dictionary has updated its definition of "woman" to include anyone who "identifies as female," regardless of birth gender. According to the Telegraph, the online dictionary has added a new definition of "woman" that includes transgender people as well.

Cambridge Dictionary updates definition of 'woman', makes it more inclusive, adaptive to changing times

The Cambridge Dictionary updated the definition of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ to make it inclusive for people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. The dictionary editors brought the alterations after studying the patterns of how the word “woman" was being used across society.

Cambridge dictionary updates the definition of 'Woman' and 'Man'

In what is being called by traditionalists as incursion of US-inspired “wokeism”, a French reference dictionary had given official recognition to a gender-inclusive pronoun.

French dictionary defends move to recognise a gender-inclusive pronoun

Vax, which is short for a vaccine, has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary. The use of the word vaccine surged ever since COVID-19 vaccination campaign has started in different parts of world.

'Particularly striking term': 'Vax' declared as Oxford Dictionary's word of the year in 2021

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday, along with Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev released a dictionary of common words in Hindi and Kyrgyz languages.

Jaishankar releases dictionary of words in Hindi and Kyrgyz languages during his visit to Kyrgyz Republic

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's name has been turned into a verb meaning to "value yourself and mental health" and "leave situations" when it all gets too much.

'Meghan Markle' is a verb now — here's what it means

US midterms: Democrats scent victory over Trump's Republicans in Congress Democrats began to scent a big night in the US midterm elections Tuesday with early results pointing to them seizing the House of Representatives from the Republicans in what would be a dramatic rebuke to President Donald Trump.

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"Single-use" was named the Collins Dictionary word of the year on Wednesday, following a four-fold increase in usage since 2013 in a reflection of increased concerns about sustainability.

Metoo, Brexit are now in the dictionary, 'single-use' is word of the year

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