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.” ...

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 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.

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’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, 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 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, 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 officials choose their word of the year based on data, though they filter out evergreen searches and searches that are likely linked with games like Wordle, Sokolowski tells the AP.