words Is "Goblin Mode" really the Word of the Year, or are we being gaslighted? Thom Dunn

techlash Oxford Dictionaries' crowns 'toxic' as its 2018 word of the year Rusty Blazenhoff

language If your brain short circuits when you see something cute, that's gigil Gail Sherman

politics Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "polarization" Rob Beschizza

language Brain Rot is Oxford's word of the year Rob Beschizza

mysteries Star jelly: a mysterious substance that has confounded the best minds for centuries Mark Frauenfelder

HDSF What is an "inhuman"? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

HDSF What is a Supervillain? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

HDSF New BB series! "Updating the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction" Jesse Sheidlower

language Forget about hygge. Now it's all about uitwaaien. David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Here's all the training you need to be a Google Workspace pro for just $30 Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction New life for the free Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction David Pescovitz

short stories Short story: Schrödinger's Hat Box Jason Weisberger

books A profile of Cliff "Cuckoo's Egg" Stoll, a pioneering "hacker hunter" Cory Doctorow

dictionary Get a paper dictionary Rob Beschizza

AI Philadelphia city council candidate says his secret AI has discovered disqualifying fraud in the nominations of 30 out of 33 candidates Cory Doctorow

law The mystery man behind the destruction of Gawker Andrea James

language "Post-truth" is the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year David Pescovitz

books Scrumdiddlyumptious and other Roald Dahlesque words now in the Oxford English Dictionary David Pescovitz

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman