50 Most Popular Words That Entered the Dictionary in the Last Decade. noipornpan / iStock . Hristina Byrnes. Published: October 16, 2018 1:30 pm. Last Updated: January 11, 2020 4:20 pm.

Both dictionary websites acknowledge that "pandemic" was certainly the most-searched word of the year on their platforms, especially on Feb. 3 (the day the first COVID-19 patient in the U.S. was ...

The popular dictionary Merriam-Webster released its “word of the year” for 2023 based on trends that defined the year. For 2023, the word of the year is “authentic.” The reason Merriam ...

Oxford Dictionaries has chosen its word of the year–if you can call it that–and it’s a doozy. The wildly popular emoji, dubbed “face with tears of joy,” is the first emoji to be named ...