The linguists have spoken and they have decided -- "Occupy" is 2011's word of the year.
Many months ago I asked you to coin new words for familiar concepts in sports and you replied in great numbers, from places farflung and nearflung -- a word that doesn't exist but ought to, which is the whole point of this exercise.
Don't be a denialist. Instead put on your jeggings (breathe in) or mankini (be careful) and retweet this article.
OMG! It is no longer a just a teenage expression, but officially a word found in the dictionary.
The giants of the tech world have worked themselves into a tizzy over the term "app store."
Each year the English language takes a fresh beating, but in 2010 it was intensified more than ever by the widening reach and quickening pace of the internet.
South Africa's much maligned vuvuzelas are given a second chance long after the World Cup.
As CNN's Jeanne Moss reports, Sarah Palin has invented a new word, and she's not making any apologies for it.
I don't care much for Sarah Palin's politics, but I do like her word "refudiate." As I just typed the word, a squiggly red line appeared under it with a suggestion that I change the word to repudiate. Well, for the record, I repudiate that suggestion and refudiate it.
It's prone to cause drama in the online world.
CNN's Reza Sayah reports on the latest clashes between Iranian forces and protesters in Tehran.
Iranian pro-government Basij militia members dispersed crowds of protesters here Thursday -- sometimes with force -- witnesses said.
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