If adorbs and fave are part of your everyday vocabulary, you now have official permission to use them Slang is ...

Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, tracking a rise in search and usage. Last year’s pick was “authentic.” ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. 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 ...

Merriam-Webster is one of the final few English-language dictionary platforms to release its annual word. Earlier in December ...

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

The dictionary publisher said Monday that “polarization” is its 2024 word of the year, defining it as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions ...

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; ...

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 ...

Webster on Simple Spelling. Share full article. E. P. B. July 18, 1908; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 18, 1908, Section SATURDAY, Page ...

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 saw ...

Merriam-Webster is one of the final few English-language dictionary platforms to release its annual word. Earlier in December, Oxford Dictionary announced that “brain rot” was its word of the ...