Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words Tuesday and more than 1,200 new and revised definitions for existing words. The update comes as the dictionary works to keep up with the "ever-changing ...

Making up words isn't immature. It's just a way of highlighting that the dictionary can't keep up with the rapid evolution of the English language -- or any other language, for that matter!

The Prince Dictionary: 10 Words Made Up by the Musician and What They Mean. The superstar, who died on Thursday, invented his own sexy, spiritual lexicon.

The tool also allows users to enter their own made-up words, which can then be used as jumping-off points for definitions. Each new word and definition even comes with a very plausible usage case ...

The 566 new words added to Dictionary.com are from a variety of topics including pop culture, slang, modern problems, AI and climate.

Read on to understand why and how some words are removed from the dictionary. Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more knowledge, tech, travel, cleaning, humor and fun facts all week ...

The word was made up by writer David X. Cohen and was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary earlier this year. The word means "perfectly acceptable," and Simpsons fans have been rallying for ...

To say children's book author Roald Dahl had a way with words is like saying Violet Beauregarde occasionally chewed gum … don’t be such a vermicious knid. Dahl invented his own language by ...

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Decoding Our Emotions.. About John Koenig's TED Talk. When we can't describe how we're feeling, we say we "have no words." But in his made-up dictionary ...

Siblings seek to honor late father by adding his made-up word to dictionary 02:41. Boston — All you want is a nice, peaceful breakfast. So you slice open an orange or grapefruit and get ready to ...