I would venture that this is how many people think about print dictionaries: as battered, well-traveled relics that they like ...
The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...
The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...
Some of the 21st century's newest English words, including "rizz," "dad bod," and "photobomb," have been added to the latest edition of a well-known dictionary. Merriam-Webster, a leading American ...
"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...
The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...
However, the definition for "irregardless" has been included in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged edition since 1934. In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true ...
After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...
It's messy, it's meaningless and it's everywhere: "slop" has been crowned as Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year.The ...
"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.