If you look up “microaggression” or “sheeple” or “safe space” on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the entries won’t have a byline—but their author is Stefan Fatsis. A longtime journalist ...

Let's beef up that vocabulary of yours. More than 1,000 new definitions just made their way into the Merriam-Webster dictionary. To help you digest some of them, KPCC compiled a few here to help you ...

Word nerds FTW! Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words and definitions to the dictionary — including nods to online culture, food favourites and the pandemic — to reflect our ever-evolving language.

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...

On Nov. 18th, Merriam-Webster is releasing their 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary, calling it their own “large language ...

A California man was arrested this week after he allegedly sent threatening online messages to the Merriam-Webster company over dictionary definitions containing references to gender identity, ...