Freedom… according to Webster’s Dictionary, has several meanings: 1. the state of being free from constraints; 2-a. political independence; 2-b. possession of political and civil rights; and 3. free ...

As a wise man once said, "There are no two finer words than 'encased meats,' my friend." Here are the differences between hot ...

Three disappearing words popped up recently when I treated a couple of my oldest friends from Texas to a visit to the fabulous (as in Webster’s definition: “resembling or suggesting a fable: of an ...

Rival. Merriam-Webster dictionary succinctly defines a rival as 'one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess.' Rivals an ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as a hand tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and used for ...

The NBA playoffs, of course, were greatly affected by Achilles injuries. Damian Lillard of the Bucks ruptured his in Game 4 ...

Chace Hauschilt, development specialist at Kading Properties of Urbandale, was the only person from the company most people ...

These days when we hear “dog days of summer,” we immediately think of miserably hot and sticky days. Meriam-Webster ...

Many summer visitors to Summit County, and even some locals, don’t fully understand what a “wilderness area” is. Is it any ...

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

Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already ...

"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 ...