Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

lede = introductory section in journalism bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related. The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.” The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.” Both are a means to an end.

patience = 🧘‍♀️🕰️ patients = 🤒🤕

‘Ciao’ comes from a shortening of a northern Italian word meaning, literally, "slave." It was used as a polite greeting meaning something along the lines of “I am your servant.”

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

October is the 10th month. ‘October’ means “8th month.” In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December. The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.

Before the 1300s????

'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.

A more accepted theory is that 'bucket' referred to a wooden beam/yoke. In animal slaughter, they would hang animals from this 'bucket.' When they thrashed around while hanging, they would "kick the bucket." This theory is also disputed, and we really don't know the true origin of the phrase.

He’s a tin, but he can’t spell.

Game recognizes game.

Yes. This looks like the computing term that we addressed in the video.

Unfortunately, that is not the origin of 'kick the bucket.'

Yes. That is what we're saying. The earliest known evidence is from 2006. It totally might've existed prior, but so far there is no evidence.

It looks like this is from the 11th printing, 2013. Great find, though!

There is no evidence so far that indicates this. But you might be right!