October 16 is World Dictionary Day, marking the birthday of the great American lexicographer Noah Webster, who was born in what is now West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1758. Webster’s two-volume An ...

From their Springfield headquarters, a team of lexicographers is defending the honor of the English language in an era of “alternative facts.” THIS IS WHERE YOU find the words. All of the words. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (TND) — Students have been known to take vocabulary tests but not to learn nearly 700 words at once. That's what the folks at Merriam-Webster did this month. They added 690 new ...

He’d hoped to chronicle the company’s long-awaited overhaul of its online unabridged dictionary, the first major undertaking ...

The Twitter account for the Merriam-Webster dictionary put out a call asking people to share words in other languages that don't fully translate to English. People came through. The dictionary tweeted ...

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 ...

"TBH" – or, to be honest – the world never stops changing and the Merriam-Webster dictionary has adapted by adding 455 new words. The new set of words are categorized by online culture, politics, tech ...

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 ...