ABC News was slammed on social media Wednesday for using different terminology to describe the international criminal ...

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

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

Considering that Merriam-Webster is behind the world’s most iconic dictionary, it makes perfect sense that it would eventually come up with a word game of its own.

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor at large, told AP, “Polarization means division, but it's a very specific kind of division. Polarization means that we are tending toward the extremes ...

A Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is displayed in a bookstore November 10, 2003. Merriam-Webster has named "polarization" as its 2024 Word of the Year. Tim Boyle/Getty Images ...

Facebook X Reddit Email 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 ...

Collin's 2023 word of the year was "AI," short for artificial intelligence. Merriam-Webster typically announces its word of the year in late November. Last year, its word of the year was "authentic." ...