Dictionary Day is celebrated in the United States on October 16 th in honor of Noah Webster’s birthday. Noah Webster was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758, which had him growing up as ...

A Florida school district last month pulled the Merriam-Webster dictionary from library shelves to comply with a state law banning books with descriptions of "sexual conduct." The common ...

Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already ...