The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more trustworthy than a random search. Stefan Fatsis is the author of “Unabridged: The ...

If you work at your PC, you have a choice between fumbling with aheavy paper dictionary or firing up your browser to surf to one.Talking Merriam-Webster Dictionary makes things easier, keeping ...

It’s time to zhuzh your vocabulary. Merriam-Webster announced 690 words and definitions added to its dictionary in 2023. The words range from colloquial phrases like doggo and “beast mode” to ...

Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 new words to the dictionary Tuesday, and some of them will look familiar to those in healthcare. Here are five words form science and medicine that were just ...

Merriam-Webster has added 200 new words and definitions to its dictionary. The new additions are added based on widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today, according to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A sampling of 10 new terms that received official status. — -- Word lovers rejoice! Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 entries to its dictionary on Tuesday, with terms from all corners of the ...

It’s one of those things that brings out the little nerd in all of us. Finding out what new words, many of which we probably already use in our everyday lives, are now an official part of the English ...

Search trends played a factor in the selection of Merriam-Webster’s 2021 Word of the Year: vaccine, the company said Nov. 29. Searches with the word “vaccine” increased 600 percent in 2020, ...

NEW YORK — “Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased ...