With more than 170,000 words in the English language and 470,000 entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, one would think everything we need to say could be composed by using any of these known words ...

Merriam-Webster's Twitter handle humorously critiqued the concept of micro-retirement, popular among Gen Z, suggesting it's ...

Merriam-Webster, in a recent tweet, poked fun at the viral workplace trend gaining popularity among Gen Z employees: Micro-retirement.

Fridge, coined by Gail Simone, is now officially defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The term refers to harming a character, often female, to motivate another's story arc, usually a male.

Considering that Merriam-Webster is behind the world’s most iconic dictionary, it makes perfect sense that it would eventually come up with a word game of its own.

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 ...

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.

Culture It's no trick; Merriam-Webster says 'gaslighting' is the word of the year The dictionary said an additional 13 words stood out in 2023's look-up data.

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is “authentic" as lookups for the word rose to new heights on the dictionary's website.

Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 690 new words to the English dictionary from 'beast mode' and 'doggo' to 'smishing' and 'zhuzh'.

690 words have been added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, including a whole lot of slang words and a classic Simpsons reference.

Merriam-Webster surprised fans of “The Simpsons” by adding the word “cromulent” to the dictionary as part of the most recent update, making it official with the made-up term that first ...