Hashtags have the power to make or break a world leader's political campaign, keep the world abreast of the status of a natural disaster and/or create a deluge of funding for a charitable cause. But ...

Well, I didn’t manage to get an emoticon of the year vote added to the American Dialect Society’s annual Word of the Year award (there’s always next year!), but we did end up with a new category ...

We are currently in the era of the consumer. Especially for millennials, the up-and-comers of the consumer market, there is higher value in fast, easy connections and information. Millennials care ...

The Word of the Year is one that is rarely spoken. The word “hashtag” — the act of using a pound sign (#) followed by a word or phrase to tag a message on Twitter — was dubbed “Word of the Year 2012” ...

You probably know what a "selfie" is, but what about "gamification"? Both words from the corners of technology and social media are among the 150 that Merriam-Webster said Monday it is adding to its ...

The one-minute video gives viewers a whirlwind tour of the Yakima Valley: quick images of visitors and residents enjoying hiking, wine tasting and concerts. The Yakima Valley Tourism video ends with ...

You might have heard that Merriam-Webster chose "culture" as their word of the year, but those who are obsessed with language may beg to disagree. According to the American Dialect Society, the word ...

The hashtag symbol, or #, has recently been named the UK’s children’s word of the year. See coverage of this story here. Children’s dictionary writers at Oxford University Press analysed 120,421 ...

Andreea S. Calude receives funding from The Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant Fund. David Trye receives funding from the University of Waikato PhD Doctoral Scholarship. University of Waikato ...

Every year, the American Dialect Society nominates and then votes on a word of the year, and for 2012 it’s “hashtag.” It beat out other nominated words like “YOLO,” “Fiscal cliff,” and “Gangnam style.