Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including ...

If you look up “microaggression” or “sheeple” or “safe space” on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the entries won’t have a byline—but their author is Stefan Fatsis. A longtime journalist ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...

If what we search for is any indication of what we value, then things aren't looking great for artificial intelligence. "Authentic" was selected as the 2023 word of the year by the Merriam-Webster ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is one that the dictionary suggests unifies both sides of the aisle. The dictionary publisher said Monday that “polarization” is its 2024 word of the year, defining ...

The dictionary says the viral word, which has become particularly popular among members of Gen Alpha, is "meaningless, ...

On Nov. 18th, Merriam-Webster is releasing their 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary, calling it their own “large language ...

You may want to yeet your old Merriam-Webster book, as the publishing company decided to level up and serve lewks by including 370 new words and phrases to its dictionary. In a move that could be seen ...

An authority on the English language has set us free from the tethers of what many have long regarded as a grammatical no-no. Or has it? The answer depends on how you side with a declaration from ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...