John Kelly, Trump's former chief-of-staff, says he fits the definition of a 'fascist.' But what does the often-used, ...

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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 ...

But I never suspected anything as common as “goodbye” could have any meaning more complex than, well, “see ya.” However, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word ...

As a Mexican-born, U.S.-raised scholar, I identify with my national origin and am okay with being called a Latina, but I ...

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 ...

Count the Superfluous Redundant Pleonastic Tautologies.” “My fellow countrymen,” it begins, “I speak to you as coequals, ...

Dictionary Day on October 16 celebrates the birth of Noah Webster, an American writer who was born in 1758. Webster is best-known for publishing the first dictionary in 1806, which he continued to ...

Spanish maps in the early 1820s referred to ... land fanned out from the waterway labeled as “Buffalo Bayou.” Merriam-Webster doesn’t help by defining it as “a creek, secondary watercourse ...

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Book requests have ranged from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ... Manga books, and Spanish-learning guides. "You can pretty much assume that the reading interest of people in prison ...