It is said that approximately 171,476 words are currently used in the English language, however there are numerous words in other languages that don't have an easy English translation. This just shows how vast and numerous language is around the globe.

A few of the words recently added to Dictionary.com Deep web: the portion of the Internet that is hidden from conventional search engines, as by encryption; the aggregate of unindexed websites: Dox: Slang. to publish the private personal information of (another person) without the consent of that individual Haptics: the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin. Glanceable: noting or relating to information on an electronic screen that can be understood quickly or at a glance:

Study that show Twitter can cause a risk of heart disease through negative emotions and expressed through Twitter such as anger, stress, and fatigue. Scientists have been using twitter to demonstrate the connection between language and emotional states and their physical outcomes.

The number of books english-language publishers are translating and publishing are declining. This is hindering us from exposure to other great literary works from around the world. "Compare that Anglophone two or three per cent to figures in France, where 27% of books published are in translation. And if that sounds a lot, you might care to know that in Spain it's 28%, Turkey 40%, and Slovenia a whopping 70%."