Words that made the short list for word of the year included brat and resilience which still mean what they’ve always meant. Then there were the “new” words which included ecotarian (someone who ...

LAST week in this column, the phrase "greener pastures" – an idiom that means a better or more promising situation ...

According to Merriam-Webster, "rejuvenate" is intended for mature audiences. TEMPLE, Texas — The first Word of the Day in the ...

The lefty staff in dictionary land couldn’t handle being Trumped and started playing word games almost immediately after his victory. Even NPR noted in 2017 that, "The Merriam-Webster Dictionary ...

Scripps said it only uses words and variants from the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. Scripps “It would be this beautiful full circle moment because those with little-to-no common sense ...

The US' oldest dictionary, Merriam-Webster, a direct descendant of the pioneering 1806 dictionary by Noah Webster, has picked “polarisation” as the word of 2024. The dictionary said on its ...

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In what is being called an incredible win for diversity, US dictionary Merriam-Webster has agreed to revise its definition of the word ‘racism’. In what is being called an incredible win for diversity ...

The nonbinary pronoun 'they' has been reportedly named the word of the year by Merriam-Webster dictionary because of its growing usage for non-binary individual ...