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Beyond words: '67' crowned 'Word of the Year'
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» WASHINGTON — A double-digit combination set the social media sphere ablaze among teens in 2025, leaving parents and teachers befuddled -- and now it has officially been crowned Dictionary.com's "Word of the Year": 67.
'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» LONDON - Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi", "delulu", and "tradwife" are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year, its publisher said Monday.
With poetry and chants, Omanis strive to preserve ancient language
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» SALALAH, Oman - Against the backdrop of southern Oman's lush mountains, men in traditional attire chant ancient poems in an ancient language, fighting to keep alive a spoken tradition used by just two percent of the population.
Canada and Mexico win reprieve from Trump tariffs
AFP, Published on 04/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has delayed the start of tariffs on neighbours Mexico and Canada for a month — but China remained in the firing line for levies that are putting the global economy on edge.
Merriam-Webster crowns 'authentic' as word of the year
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - In an age where forces from AI to Donald Trump have left Americans doubting the truth, United States dictionary Merriam-Webster says that 2023's most looked-up word was "authentic."
Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» BLOOMINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Linguistics experts are turning to cutting-edge technologies to revitalize threatened Native American languages -- and rejuvenate generations of Indigenous tradition -- through new approaches such as children's books and smartphone apps.
What's in wine? Ingredient label debate rages
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» PARIS: European wines are finally being forced to reveal their ingredients to customers, but only on a website — not on the bottle. Environmental campaigners are unimpressed.
'Bachelor's handbag' enters Aussie lexicon
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» SYDNEY - Bachelor's handbag – a roast chicken takeaway in a plastic bag -- has been voted the Australian people's choice as the new word of the year, the Macquarie Dictionary said on Tuesday.
The race is on to translate viral app Wordle
AFP, Published on 02/02/2022
» PARIS: Wordle, the simple word game that has taken the English-speaking world by storm, is sparking spontaneous efforts to develop similar games for other languages.
'Vaccine' is word of the year for US dictionary Merriam-Webster
AFP, Published on 29/11/2021
» WASHINGTON: The American dictionary of reference Merriam-Webster on Monday revealed "vaccine" to be its word of the year for 2021, reflecting both the hopes and deep divisions sparked by vaccination as the world wrestled with year two of the Covid-19 pandemic.