You can tell it’s November because the lists have started to fall from the word trees, and first to land is 2024’s Word of ...

It is wise to first check the agency’s web site and look for a request form or contact ... The Arizona Court of Appeals recently applied the Webster’s Dictionary definition, which defines prompt as ...

And if you’re a true dictionary lover, then you can always name your child “Merriam” or “Webster,” in honor of the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. All jokes aside, word names offer ...

If you thought that the arrival of autumn meant finally escaping the clutches of the all-encompassing pop cultural phenomenon ...

Language is constantly evolving in our fast-paced, digital world. In 2023 alone, Merriam-Webster added 690 words to the dictionary. Keeping up with new terminology can be difficult, especially when ...

In Gobsmacked! Yagoda has written a fun, informative exploration of our language, even if Noah Webster would find it worrying—or worrisome.

As I have perused the pages of the Burnett County Sentinel over the last year or more it seems to me that the Village of Webster has been in the ...

Collins Dictionary declared "brat" — the album title that became ... Collin's 2023 word of the year was "AI," short for artificial intelligence. Merriam-Webster typically announces its word of the ...

A linguist explains how Turkey and turkey got their names—and whether the country or the bird came first. Here's what to know ...

An investor shared on X how a Gen Z employee shot him an email saying he would be taking a day off from work; the way the leave letter was constructed caused a social media debate ...

thanks to the patronage of the dictionary Merriam-Webster, which bought Quordle in January 2023. It didn't exactly celebrate the occasion with a notable game, though. I failed to solve yesterday's ...

In attempts to summarize Google's idiosyncratic use of the phrase, journalists have used various terms including "mantra" and ...