Each year, the American Library Association complies a list of books that are challenged and banned. There are some books ...

Context and references mean more than what the almighty dictionary says a word means. Merriam-Webster’s fun little awards touch on an important change in our culture. Since we are often living ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in ...

Being a parent is difficult, but the role is fairly clear. Being a grandparent is anything but clear. It is both wonderful ...

H ave you ever woken up and been filled with immediate dread because the day ahead of you is so busy? It happens to me all ...

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage. Merriam-Webster; 989 pages; $29.95 What distinguishes MWDEU is its relentless empiricism. Where a debatable claim about correct usage is made, it surveys ...

US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired a hit Wordle-style game. The original Wordle, created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, challenges players to find a five-letter word in ...

Issue 1 is a proposed Ohio constitutional amendment that claims to solve the problem of gerrymandering — manipulation of ...

Sixty-year-old iconic model of the singular name, Elle, has caused a media stir with the account that she gave in the October ...

According to Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, spam is defined as "unsolicited ... and "mailto" links on Web pages. Many companies and individuals who spam use "Web crawlers," or automated ...

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines a constitution as ... it’ll add over 7000 new ones. It’s 17 pages long. Read the language for yourself, if you can spare 20-30 minutes.