Dictionary.com’s choice for word of the year has become every bit as much of a bellwether as Time magazine’s person of the year. And this year–more so than in years past in my opinion–the editors at Dictionary.com nailed it with their choice of “misinformation.”
Dictionary.com chimes in on how to succeed on social media in 2019. At Dictionary.com, for example, we now think a lot about how to contribute to both individual conversations as well as big, cultural ones. It’s become a lesson in how to be responsive and not overanalyze.
For the past two years, Dictionary.com has been closely examining the dialogue that has infiltrated our culture. In 2016, its word of the year was “xenophobia”; in 2017, it was “complicit.” This year’s word of the year is another one that keeps popping up: “misinformation.”
Dictionary.com has named “misinformation” its 2018 word of the year, and that’s not fake news.
Dictionary.com today announced it has named misinformation its 2018 Word of the Year. Defined as “false information that is spread, regardless of…
Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com’s word of the year on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month…
With Dictionary.com, Elizabeth McMillan has helped to create a company that stands out amongst other companies in similar spheres and has helped shape it into the modern and relevant company it is today.
The website’s Twitter account now goes far beyond vocabulary-building blasts, seizing instead on words embedded in the public discourse–and expounding on not only their meaning but the intent behind them.
The Dictionary.com team would really like misguided or trolling internet users to stop asking them to add new words to the online dictionary.
If you follow Dictionary.com on Twitter, you know jokes, puns and zingers are pretty on brand for the sassy and socially conscious account. And it recently delivered a great one-liner, combining college football with a dad joke pun and a harsh shot at Virginia’s football team.
Dictionary.com can help daters up the caliber of their messages by eliminating misspellings, defining slang words, and suggesting synonyms that convey greater meaning. We all use words every day, and we could all use some help translating what is in our hearts and minds into clear terms.