The Twitter account for the Merriam-Webster dictionary put out a call asking people to share words in other languages that don't fully translate to English. People came through.

During a Q&A on Twitter Thursday, Merriam-Webster editor Ammon Shea tweeted from the dictionary's official account that the "weirdest quirk" for English speakers has been "arguing about pointless ...

Merriam-Webster has revealed 200 new words for the dictionary's 2024 edition, including Gen-Z slang words, foods, nutritional and economical terms, politics, and phrases associated with social media.

In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true that the Merriam-Webster dictionary had newly recognized "irregardless" as a word in the English language.

Merriam-Webster New words Dictionary Slang Language AI Bussin GOATED SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (TND) — Students have been known to take vocabulary tests but not to learn nearly 700 words at once.

If you work at your PC, you have a choice between fumbling with aheavy paper dictionary or firing up your browser to surf to one.Talking Merriam-Webster Dictionary makes things easier, keeping ...

Regardless Of What You Think, 'Merriam-Webster' Says 'Irregardless' Is A Word Grammarians are up in arms over dictionaries including "irregardless." The Merriam-Webster dictionary responds: "We do ...

Merriam-Webster added 840 new words to the dictionary – and chances are, you probably know many of them. A bulk of the new entries are already widely used, but a few additions will horrify old ...

Many English speakers consider dictionaries to be “constitutional," authorities, ... The new definition of “they” was among 530 new words added to the dictionary, Merriam-Webster said Tuesday.