In 2014, the American Heritage Dictionaries added 500 new words and meanings to its authoritative record of American English, including “clickbait,” “cosplay,” and “social anxiety disorder.” The words ...

Lovers of avocado toast can rejoice. The word "avo" -- for avocado -- is now listed at merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster recently announced it has added more than 840 new words to its online ...

Two of the best foods in the whole world are now officially words in the 11th iteration of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Joining 148 other new (less important) words like turducken and ...

Franklin Roosevelt took nearly a month of preparation and a full 10,000 words—his longest message ever—to propose his food policy to Congress. He had reason for the work and the words: he knew that to ...

New research shows that brain responses to written food words differ between lean individuals and those with obesity, and suggests that both stress and genetics could influence excess eating. The pair ...

Here's a little food for thought: You, yes, you, the foodie par excellence who embraced gnocchi long before the masses, might not be quite as in-the-know as you think. Your taste buds are on point, ...

For every person who loves to say nom nom, there’s a person who cringes at its utterance. Your high school English teacher, most likely. Like your English teacher, we fun-spoilers here at Paste Food ...

If you've ever watched a cooking show on TV, scrolled through food content on TikTok or Instagram, or read recipes online only to come across some "food lingo" that rubbed you the wrong way, you're ...

I’m not an etymology buff. Though I love many aspects of language, word histories don’t interest me much. The plots are too formulaic: Scrappy young word starts out on a trek that winds through ...

Editor’s Note: Eat Drink D-FW is hosted by Dallas Morning News Food Editor Erin Booke with food reporters Sarah Blaskovich and Claire Ballor. Each week, our food journalists dish, debate and analyze ...