The first edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828. "It has been my aim in this work, now offered to my fellow citizens, to ascertain the true ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced the addition of 690 new words to its listings on Wednesday, including sports terms beast mode, bracketology and GOATED. “We’re very excited by this new ...

Merriam-Webster Dictionary will be updating its definition of the word “racism” after a complaint from one Missouri woman, reports said on Tuesday. Kennedy Mitchum, 22, led the charge f… ...

Merriam-Webster also considered "deepfake" for the word of the year. "Rizz," thought to come from the word "charismatic," was added to the dictionary this year and was also considered for word of ...

The idea for those tweets came from the dictionary's Trend Watch feature, Lauren Naturale, social media manager at Merriam-Webster, told Vox.com.When people are looking up a word at a higher rate ...

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.

Kennedy Mitchum wasn’t expecting much when she emailed Merriam-Webster last month, but she wanted to let the dictionary publisher know that she thought its definition of the word racism was ...

Merriam-Webster has a new definition of “racism” This moment demands more than headlines In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we’re committed to clarity, truth, and depth — even when ...

"Although clearly a desirable quality, authentic is hard to define and subject to debate — two reasons it sends many people to the dictionary," Merriam-Webster said in its release.Look-ups for ...

By the high-gloss, high-tech standards of 21 st-century corporate life, the headquarters of America’s premier dictionary publisher is an unusual place.Merriam-Webster Inc. is housed in a two ...

Merriam-Webster has officially added the nonbinary pronoun “they” as an entry in its dictionary. Merriam-Webster announced Tuesday that the word “they” can be used to refer to a single ...