The Slow Decline of Urban Dictionary

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...
SanLuisObispo

Urban Dictionary: How a Cal Poly grad turned a modest website into the Internet’s lexicon of slang

Urban Dictionary Aaron Peckham, who started the online site Urban Dictionary in 1999 when he was a freshman at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, stands with his laptop open to the website at the Ferry ...
Wired

What Happened to Urban Dictionary?

On January 24, 2017, a user by the name of d0ughb0y uploaded a definition to Urban Dictionary, the popular online lexicon that relies on crowdsourced definitions. Under Donald Trump—who, four days ...
The Baltimore Sun

Internet slang words added to Cambridge Dictionary include ‘skibidi,’ ‘delulu’

The Cambridge Dictionary has welcomed new slang terms into the millions of words it has defined, including terms like “skibidi” and “tradwife” that have been popularized on social media. More than ...
The Norman Transcript

Why dictionaries have started sanctioning even the dumbest Internet slang

Long before Oxford Dictionaries named the tears-of-joy emoji 2015's "word" of the year, the language grumps were grumbling about the downfall of the written word. Dictionary.com had recently ...
Hindustan Times

Cambridge Dictionary adds Gen Z slang like ‘skibidi,’ ‘tradwife,’ and ‘delulu,’ sparks backlash

Cambridge Dictionary's latest addition of 6,000 new words, including Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang terms “skibidi,” “tradwife”, and “delulu”, has sparked criticism online. However, the world’s largest ...
The Independent on MSNOpinion

Why the words of the year show us the internet is in a death spiral

This year’s words of the year show the misery of being online - ANALYSIS: Dictionaries are highlighting words that run from ...
Reuters

Democracy of language in new Internet dictionary

LONDON (Reuters) - Not satisfied with regular updates of printed dictionaries compiled by professionals, a new website has thrown open the definition of words to all comers. Wordia.com offers everyone ...
CNET

Dictionary.com inches closer to explaining the enigma of Gen Z's vocabulary

Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet trends, entertainment, pop culture and digital accessibility. In addition to her current role, she's worked for CNET's video, ...
PEDESTRIAN.TV

Dictionary.com Has Revealed Its 2025 Word Of The Year & The Internet Is Confused

In news that has truly confirmed I’m not ‘with it’, Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year is 67, and the internet is riddled with confusion. In case you’re out of the loop or not a ...
PBS

Internet Dictionary

Terence Smith interviews Anne Soukhanov, editor of the Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary. The book is the Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary, and the general editor is Anne Soukhanov. She's been ...