Last week the Merriam-Webster dictionary dealt with threats over gender definitions. So this week I interviewed its lexicographer Peter Sokolowski. Peter: “The pandemic brought new definitions ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced the addition of 690 new words to its listings on Wednesday, including sports terms beast mode, bracketology and GOATED.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary will be updating its definition of the word “racism” after a complaint from one Missouri woman, reports said on Tuesday. Kennedy Mitchum, 22, led the charge f… ...

New Merriam-Webster dictionary words Here are some of the additions to the dictionary and what they mean. If you're a pumpkin spice lover, then there's good news for you: it's now in the dictionary.

By the high-gloss, high-tech standards of 21 st-century corporate life, the headquarters of America’s premier dictionary publisher is an unusual place.Merriam-Webster Inc. is housed in a two ...

After posting his ‘Nude Awakening’ campaign onto DoSomething.org, which called for Merriam-Webster to alter their exclusive nude definition to something more inclusive of all skin tones, on ...

Oh! Yup ― it doesn’t look like he was a fan. In 1843, the company that is now Merriam-Webster bought the rights to the 1841 copy of Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English ...

WASHINGTON — The Merriam-Webster dictionary announced it's adding 455 new words to its list of terms, many of them reflecting where we are in society today. Many of the words fall under ...

Mr. Morse discussed [Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers] and [Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition]. Mr. Morse explored dictionary-making in America, how language ...

WASHINGTON — The Merriam-Webster dictionary announced it's adding 455 new words to its list of terms, many of them reflecting where we are in society today. Many of the words fall under ...