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LONDON (AP) — What the skibidi is happening to the English language? “Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularized by social media that are among more than 6,000 additions this year to the Cambridge Dictionary. “Internet culture is changing the English language...

Other terms that made its list are ‘double-vaxxed,’ ‘climate anxiety,’ and ‘metaverse’ While many would have predicted a word that relates to the pandemic or vaccine or salvation to banner this year, Collins Dictionary took a digital route and picked “NFT” as its Word of the Year...

A dictionary-making tool dubbed “Marayum” has been developed to preserve and save the country’s endangered indigenous languages. Marayum Web Graphics (DOST-PCIEERD) The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) said a team of...

Other words such as Megxit, TikToker, and, of course, coronavirus are included in its top list This year, Collins Dictionary names “lockdown” as its word of 2020 after finding a 6,000 percent increase in its usage since 2019.  Housing over 722,000 words, meanings, and phrases, Collins...

New words in the dictionary explained “Yep, English is literally dead,” Merriam-Webster wrote on its social media account in a retweet of a viral post belonging to David Burge a.k.a Iowahawkblog about irregardless being an official entry in the dictionary early this month. Since then, the term...