From pop culture to pot culture, alt-right to K-pop—the trends, movements, and news of today continue to influence the words and language we use. Today Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile English-language resource, announced more than 300 new words and definitions were added to the dictionary, sharing trends and insights into how and why words within cultural and political discourse impact the English language.

Some of the most prominent news stories in 2016 centered around fear of the “other.” 2016 also saw fear rise to the surface of cultural discourse. Because our users’ interest in this overarching theme emerges so starkly for one specific word in our trending lookup data, xenophobia is Dictionary.com’s 2016 Word of the Year.

New Dictionary.com data shows food & grammar words trip people up the most.

Dictionary.com today announced its latest word additions. The update includes more than 300 new words and definitions and over 1,700 updated entries, with a focus on recent political news, pop culture, and gender identity.

Dictionary.com today released Your College in a Word, the most popular definitions searched at colleges and universities from coast to coast. The list includes top-seeded NCAA March Madness schools, the Ivy League, and campuses in New England, Massachusetts, and Texas.

As front-runners for the Democratic and Republican nominations will further emerge based on Super Tuesday results, Dictionary.com, the online and mobile resource dedicated to helping users master the art of language, today unveiled Your Candidate in a Word, a compelling look at the language favored by the current top presidential hopefuls.

Today Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related, announces its Word of the Year. Over the past year, headlines tied to gender, sexuality and race dominated the news. In particular, many of the year’s biggest stories focused on the way in which individuals or members of a group are perceived, understood, accepted or shut out. Reflecting the rapidly expanding and increasingly fluid nature of conversations about gender and sexuality in particular, the Dictionary.com Word of the Year is identity. 

Today Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related, announces the latest additions to its dictionary. With over 150 new words and definitions added, and over 1,000 revisions, this update continues to show how social media and digital culture, in particular, affect our communication and ever-evolving language.

Twenty years ago, friend was used primarily as a noun and no one was asking to be pinged with takeaways from a meeting. The English language is evolving more quickly than ever, and for the past 20 years Dictionary.com, the leading digital resource for everything word-related, has kept pace with the evolution of our cultural lexicon. The company celebrates turning 20 years old with a look back at 20 words whose definitions have expanded in popular use over the past two decades.

Spelling and grammar mistakes is a common annoyance of many Americans. If you’re bothered by the incorrect grammar in that first sentence, count yourself among the six in 10 Americans (59 percent) who say that improper grammar is their biggest annoyance when it comes to the English language, according to a new study, Grammar Gripes 2015, released today by Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related.

Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related, today announced its apps have surpassed 100 million downloads across all mobile platforms. Available on all mobile devices,

Today Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related, announces the latest additions to its dictionary, with a focus on new and updated technology terms, among hundreds of other new words and thousands of revised definitions to reflect the ever-evolving English language.

Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related, today announced new functionality in the Dictionary.com app to provide customized support for the Apple Watch.   Dictionary.com services include access to millions of English definitions, synonyms, pronunciations and example  sentences, which can now be easily accessed right from a user’s wrist.

Dictionary.com,  the leading online and mobile resource for everything word related, today announced its brand new Word of the Day landing page, with new content and features, including an innovative search functionality that allows users to find the Word of the Day from any date over the past 15 years. Now, users can increase their vocabulary with Word of the Day alerts through email, mobile, and social alerts, as  well as find words associated with their favorite dates, from birthdays to anniversaries and holidays.