Among the new or updated words are “deadass,” meaning “seriously” or “extremely”; ... Dictionary.com added over 300 words and more than 1,200 updates to its extensive lexicon on Tuesday.

Dictionary.com added 566 new words to its database Wednesday, as well as 348 new definitions for existing entries and 2,256 revised definitions.

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

According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “figuratively” Thanks in part to the overuse of "literally," Merriam-Webster says the word can now mean its exact opposite.

In other words, you know your dictionary content has been stolen if it includes a word that exists only in your dictionary. Here are seven fake words that ended up in Webster’s, Oxford, and the ...

The Cambridge Dictionary is updating the definition of the word "hallucinate" because of AI. Hallucination is the phenomenon where AI convincingly spits out factual errors as truth. It's a word ...

Word Meanings 'Light Up' Outer Layer Of Brain : Shots ... Scans Show 'Brain Dictionary' Groups Words By Meaning. April 27, 2016 1:00 PM ET. By . Nell Greenfieldboyce , Geoff Brumfiel ...

Despite home play rules that never specifically banned offensive words, you won't find the notorious 200 in the Scrabble dictionary, with rare exceptions for those with other meanings. The new ...

This "immense" three-letter word has some 430 senses, requiring a 60,000-word definition spread over 24 pages in the tiny print of the published dictionary or 221 pages in PDF form.

NEW YORK — Here's the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and variations added to the game's official dictionary: stan ...