A Victoria-born word is among the latest additions to A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Created in 1967, ...

In addition to the many millions of Americans who tuned in to the first 2016 presidential debate, the Merriam-Webster folks had their eyes on the TV set, ears to the ground, and fingers on the ...

Ann Webster first joined Sharples School in 1990 and has spent the last seven years as headteacher. Her time at the helm of the Hill Cot Road-based school has seen it go from strength to strength ...

by The Pocket Webster school & office dictionary Publication date 1990 Topics English language Publisher New York : Pocket Books Collection internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled ...

Merriam-Webster had touched on a stubborn taboo — the practice of ending sentences with prepositions such as to, with, about, upon, for or of — that was drilled into many of us in grade school.

No reputable dictionary defines sex that narrowly. Neither the Merriam-Webster nor the Oxford English Dictionary definition is what anyone would consider radical wokeism, but, like any dictionary, ...

But recently, the Escambia County school district in Florida pulled Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary for Students from its shelves, along with an estimated 1,600 other books from its library ...

So, some Florida schools are taking the prudent safeguard by banning the dictionary. I think Gov. Ron DeSantis said it best when he talked about the sweeping need for this book-banning initiative.

Florida’s book-banning frenzy in public schools has finally reached the dictionary level. Thank God. A new state law that allows parents in Florida to restrict the reading material of other people’s ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in January 2023. Florida’s book-banning frenzy in public schools has finally reached the dictionary level. Thank God.

The school district also took down The American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Webster's Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, among other books.