In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true that the Merriam-Webster dictionary had newly recognized "irregardless" as a word in the English language.

Merriam-Webster calls themselves “the direct lexicographical heir of Noah Webster” ― and YET, their (comparatively glowing) definition of cat reads: “a carnivorous mammal ( Felis catus) long ...

Earlier today, Merriam-Webster announced that it'd added 200 new words and phrases to its online dictionary in its latest effort to maintain relevance in the arms race against the ever-changing ...

Merriam-Webster has revealed 200 new words for the dictionary's 2024 edition, including Gen-Z slang words, foods, nutritional and economical terms, politics, and phrases associated with social media.

The Twitter account for the Merriam-Webster dictionary put out a call asking people to share words in other languages that don't fully translate to English. People came through.

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 ...

Webster, who died in 1843 at 86, became synonymous with the dictionary but less well known over time and often confused with Daniel Webster, a secretary of state and great orator in the 19th century.

Merriam-Webster had touched on a stubborn taboo — the practice of ending sentences with prepositions such as to, with, about, upon, for or of — that was drilled into many of us in grade school ...

Globe Magazine How the dusty Merriam-Webster dictionary reinvented itself. Bigly. From their Springfield headquarters, a team of lexicographers is defending the honor of the English language in an ...

Many English speakers consider dictionaries to be “constitutional," authorities, ... The new definition of “they” was among 530 new words added to the dictionary, Merriam-Webster said Tuesday.