World
“Maxxing” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year, and “data centre” was on the shortlist it beat
A suffix that attaches to anything, chosen by a dictionary measuring social media. The runners-up say more about 2026 than the winner does.
Tagged “Language”
Bangladesh
AI calls Bangla a “low-resource language” — and the reason is simply that we have not written enough of it online
The models are not biased against Bangla; they are starved of it. Which means the fix is partly in the hands of everyone who writes correct…
Technology
The crying face is now the world’s most used emoji, and laughing-crying has become the one that ages you
Google told the New York Times the single-tear crying face is now the most popular emoji worldwide. It is used for good news, bad news and…
Health
The Dutch word for labia translates as "shame lips". A dictionary has just added an alternative
Dikke van Dale will add a neutral word for the labia beside the traditional one. Campaigners say a word that carries shame ends up on…
World
Trump says “artificial” makes AI sound fake. He wants every US document to say “super intelligence” instead
The president announced the change at the UN General Assembly. Experts told the BBC the term is unlikely to catch on, because it already…