Dictionarys

Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year for 2023 is “hallucinate” – a verb that gained an additional meaning this year.The original definition of the chosen word is to “seem to see, hear, feel, or smell” something that does not exist, usually because of “a health condition or because you have taken a drug”. It now has an additional meaning, relating to when artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT, which generates text that mimics human writing, “hallucinates” and produces false information.The word was chosen…

Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year. Ready for it? It’s “Homer,” stemming from frustrations from the widely popular game, Wordle. The company said the word was searched in their dictionary over 75,000 times this year, with more than 65,000 of the searches taking place on May 5, the day it was the answer to that day’s online puzzle. Those who primarily looked up the word were non-Americans who were frustrated due to their unfamiliarity with the word. Homer—not to be…