In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true that the Merriam-Webster dictionary had newly recognized "irregardless" as a word in the English language.

D’oh! Merriam-Webster surprised fans of “The Simpsons” by adding the word “cromulent” to the dictionary as part of the most recent update, making it official with the made-up term that ...

That's what the folks at Merriam-Webster did. Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:49:15 GMT (1749923355937) Story Infinite ... though the words and phrases are now part of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, ...

Find out which new words were added to the dictionary this year. — -- "Twerk" is now officially a word. The Merriam-Webster dictionary just announced more than 1700 new words have been added ...

G & C Merriam Co, in lr, defines its policy of spelling. ... Publishers of the Famous Dictionary Define Their Policy. Share full article. G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY. Sept. 5, 1906; ...

A term dictionary editors invented as a lexicographical “gotcha” has given word lovers a chuckle. Last month, The New Yorker reported that the editors of the New Oxford American Diction… ...

Merriam-Webster Dictionary poked fun at President Trump on Friday after his Twitter account repeatedly misspelled the word “hereby.” Trump repeatedly misspelled “hereby” in tweets Friday ...

Random House added the word “Webster’s” (which has been a generic synonym for “dictionary” for more than a century) and mimicked Merriam’s distinctive red jacket design; Merriam sued ...

MASON CITY — The word “definitely” may be one of the reasons Dictionary Day is so important. That’s because so many of us get tripped up trying to spell it. “I usually get ‘defiantly ...

NOAH Webster is called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education.” His name is synonymous with the textbook on American language – the dictionary. He was born on Oct. 16, 1758, in ...

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