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Merriam-Webster chooses its word of the year based on data, tracking a rise in search and usage.

In 2003, Merriam-Webster kicked off the annual tradition of choosing a "word of the year," based on search volume on the dictionary publisher's website, which serves as an on-the-nose superlative ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” ...

The dictionary revealed in a viral tweet, "A 'snafu' is a situation marked by errors or confusion. 'Snafu' comes from WW2 and ...

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 ...

The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the final authority and sole source for the spelling of all words offered in competition,” the statement continued.

This position the publishers of Webster hope still to maintain, and trust that their support of all the efforts to simplify and make consistent English spelling will be taken for granted.

Long before Noah Webster completed his 1828 magnum opus, “An American Dictionary of the English Language,” he published a wildly successful primer called “A Grammatical Institute of the ...

In the discussions in your paper between the advocates of spelling reform and the adherents to the English dictionary as it is, has attention been called to Noah Webster's contribution to the subject?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary 's official Twitter account couldn't resist a quick jab at Donald Trump 's misuse of the word "pour" in a recent (now deleted) tweet, especially since that same tweet ...