Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'authentic.' That says a lot about 2023 "Authentic" was one of this year's most looked-up words, according to the lexical leader.

As the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come as no surprise to learn that Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “authentic.” ...

Merriam-Webster announced Monday that its 2024 Word of the Year is "polarization," noting that the word was often used to describe political divides. Syndi Pilar / SOPA Images / Alamy file.

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 thinks the word “resonate,” defined as “to affect or appeal to someone in a personal or emotional way,” saw an increase in searches because it is one of ChatGPT’s ...

Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based solely on data. Sokolowski and his team weed out evergreen words most commonly looked up ...

Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary has caved to the trans agenda. In order to appease woke activists, the dictionary publisher has added a secondary definition of “female” that defines the ...

Merriam-Webster, the Encyclopædia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Merriam-Webster’s fun little awards touch on an important change in our culture. Since we are often living in a written world, where, instead of getting the full coconut tree of context, we get ...

Merriam-Webster scooped up Quordle a year after Wordle took the world by storm and got snapped up by The New York Times. Heardle, a music-themed clone, also has an apt owner after Spotify bought ...