Dictionary.com was very mindful and very cutesy when choosing its 2024 Word of the Year. This year’s title went to viral sensation “demure,” a word popularized by TikToker Jools Lebron.

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...