Opinion: Mayor Aftab Pureval has enjoyed a City Council composed almost entirely of partisan "yes" men and women who ...

Merriam-Webster defines the state of being au courant as that in which one is “keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments” of a particular matter ...

The U.S. Mint is discontinuing the Lincoln Penny, a staple of the American economy since 1909, due to the high cost of ...

Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) The Modern Dictionary." ...

The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

The fast food behemoth took issue with how the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defined ‘McJob.’ It was not a flattering description. The Oxford English Dictionary ...

All these nuggets are drawn from “Unabridged,” in which Stefan Fatsis—a journalist, broadcaster and author—reflects on his love affair with the dictionary. There are gems aplenty about subjects ...

Some dictionaries are still printed but, increasingly, the reference books have moved online. And, as Stefan Fatsis describes ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with ...

New York: Merriam-Webster announced on 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, ...

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 ...