Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: 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 ...

As the world evolves, words follow, which is why Merriam-Webster has added 455 new ones to the dictionary this month.Many have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaped so much of people's ...

“Clickbait” has arrived -- in Merriam-Webster’s unabridged online dictionary. The dictionary announced Tuesday that it has added that word along with about 1,700 other entries, including “emoji” ...

Simply said, there is nothing like a good petrichor to make a guy feel on top of the world. That depends, of course, on my ...

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 ...

As the United States moves closer to its 250th birthday next year, a local company continues defining generations and ...

NEW YORK — Da “Yoopers” up dere in da U.P., Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, have hit it big with inclusion of their nickname in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the company’s free online ...

The popular Merriam-Webster online dictionary added 370 new words and definitions to its lexicon, many of which stem from an increasingly online world amid the global pandemic. “Altcoin” refers to any ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has added more than 400 new words and definitions — including fluffernutter, dad bod and vaccine passport. KING: If those questions do not make sense, don't worry. You ...