Elon Musk's recent X post defining a woman as someone with a womb has ignited a fierce debate online. While supporters hail ...

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more ...

Elon Musk clashed with Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office over Musk’s transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, after ...

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk has triggered a fresh wave of controversy after sharing his views on womanhood in a post on X, drawing sharp reactions across social media platforms. Musk ...

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...

U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.