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Pure Tech

@puretech.news

3 weeks ago

Groovy! Dive into the world's largest online slang dictionary The free Green’s Dictionary of Slang celebrates 500 years of 'vulgar tongue.'

Groovy! Dive into the world’s largest online slang dictionary #Technology #Other #SlangDictionary #OnlineResources #LanguageTrends

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Donna E

@edwardsdna.bsky.social

4 months ago

The Term '67' Is 'Impossible to Define.' It Just Became Dictionary.com's Word of the Year for 2025: The dictionary says the viral word, which has become particularly popular among members of Gen Alpha, is "meaningless,… @SmithsonianMag #WordOfTheYear #Dictionary #GenAlpha #LanguageTrends #ViralWords

Pure Tech

@puretech.news

4 months ago

'Vibe Coding' Named Word of the Year By Collins Dictionary Collins Dictionary has named

'Vibe Coding' Named Word of the Year By Collins Dictionary #Technology #Other #WordOfTheYear #VibeCoding #LanguageTrends

Pure Science

@purescience.news

4 months ago

‘Vibe coding’ beats ‘clanker’ to be Collins dictionary’s word of the year AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list “Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using...

‘Vibe coding’ beats ‘clanker’ to be Collins dictionary’s word of the year #Science #Other hashtag 1: #WordOfTheYear 2: #LanguageTrends 3: #VibeCoding

Ted Ngo

@tedngo.bsky.social

6 months ago

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it

#Punctuation #Semicolons #LanguageTrends

Journos News

@journosnews.com

6 months ago

Cambridge Dictionary Expands With 6,000 New Words, Including ‘Skibidi’ and ‘Tradwife’ Cambridge Dictionary Adds 6,000 New Words Reflecting Internet Slang and Social Trends Published Time: 08-18-2025, 15:45 The Cambridge Dictionary has

Cambridge Dictionary Adds 6,000 New Words Including ‘Skibidi’ and ‘Tradwife’

#CambridgeDictionary #LanguageTrends #NewWords2025
#InternetCulture #GlobalEnglish

Pure Science

@purescience.news

9 months ago

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use itTest your semicolon knowledge with our quiz below “Do not use semicolons,” wrote...

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #Linguistics #Grammar #LanguageTrends

Sketch Engine

@sketchengine.eu

1 year ago

a timeline graph of "happy new year" in the English Trends corpus, Sketch Engine.

Data-driven Happy New Year 2025! 🎉 Corpus data confirms the peaks of "Happy New Year." Curious about other seasonal wishes and trends? Check out our Timelines: www.sketchengine.eu/timeline-lan...
#LanguageTrends #corpuslinguistics #trendingwords

Helen Sikavitsa

@elenischool.bsky.social

1 year ago

Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press The Oxford Word of the Year 2024 is 'brain rot'. Discover more about the winner, our shortlist, and 20 years of words that reflect the world.

Oxford University Press unveils its Word of the Year for 2024. Check out more details here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-... #WordOfTheYear #BrainRot #OxfordLanguages #LanguageTrends #Linguistics #CulturalShifts #LanguageMatters with @metafrasis.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social @vickyloras.bsky.social

mo 🐥

@mos.place

1 year ago

Delving into “delve” If scientific authors use ChatGPT in writing their papers, it is likely that common ChatGPT words will appear.

I guess, just like nuclear tests spiked carbon-14 levels (helping us date post-1945 objects), the rise of #ChatGPT spiked the use of 'delve' in English online content. Both subtle markers of an epochal era shift. #AI #History #LanguageTrends #llm