NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here’s a few of them with definitions — and ...

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

Made of paper." The dictionary will be released on November 18, the last edition of theirs was published in 2003. What are some of the new words included? Here are some examples of the new words and ...

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." ...

How do we define slurs like the N-word? Whether it’s heated debates about racist or ableist slurs, arguments about gender, or ...

The English language is one of the worlds greatest inventions, providing us words like 'fart' and 'rackadoom'. Frankly, there's a word for everything. Then there are the words and phrases you stumble ...

Are you greenwashing? How much sleep debt do you have? If you're unfamiliar with those terms you're probably not the only one, but they're now recognized by the most famous online dictionary.

There may also be a reason why Merriam-Webster went so hard with their ad. The company, as well as Encyclopedia Britannica, is suing the tech company Perplexity for copyright infringement, claiming it ...

The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed. If you, too, have been left puzzled by words not in the dictionary—even ones ...