Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already ...

Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several slang words and terms beloved by the younger generations. “Our lexicographers ...

Food loving Scrabble players, your time has come. Merriam-Webster just added over 200 words to its dictionary, and several of them are common American food terms. “Our lexicographers monitor a ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines social media as: “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online ...

Springfield, MA, Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 200 new words and definitions to its iconic dictionary – maybe not a beach read, but worthy of ...

By 1931, Rube’s name was in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, his legacy forever cemented as the inventor of complicated machinery designed to perform simple tasks. As one historian put it ...

“One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness,” Walz said in the July livestream. Bream began by citing the ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines festival thusly: a time of celebration marked by special observances; an often periodic celebration or programme of events or entertainment having a special ...

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The topic has remained on my mind and I finally got around to doing some dictionary searches ... My go to sources are generally Merriam-Webster and Oxford English dictionaries and both indicate ...