This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Over 5,000 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary. From 'rizz' to 'dad ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...

Last week the Merriam-Webster dictionary dealt with threats over gender definitions. So this week I interviewed its lexicographer Peter Sokolowski. Peter: “The pandemic brought new definitions. Like ...

(AP) NEW YORK — It's about freakin' time. The term "F-bomb" surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but will land Tuesday for the first time in the mainstream Merriam-Webster's Collegiate ...

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 ...

Simply said, there is nothing like a good petrichor to make a guy feel on top of the world. That depends, of course, on my ...

At a time when words matter, one dictionary has emerged to school us all: Merriam-Webster. With eyes glued to press briefings and testimonies, people are turning to dictionaries to find out what ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including ...

'Fascism' is still our #1 lookup. # of lookups = how we choose our Word of the Year. There's still time to look something else up. — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 29, 2016 This post has ...

Merriam-Webster has a message for the Trump administration: There is no such thing as an "alternative fact." There are facts, and then there are falsehoods. That memo was at least implied this week ...

As the police-custody death in the spring of 2020 of a Black man named George Floyd sparked a national reckoning over police brutality, the American dictionary Merriam-Webster also reconsidered its ...

Merriam-Webster made a snide jab at Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue on Tuesday by announcing the launch of a mock subscription-only service labeled “Merriam-Webster Red.” “People who subscribe to ...