October 16 is World Dictionary Day, marking the birthday of the great American lexicographer Noah Webster, who was born in what is now West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1758. Webster’s two-volume An ...

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. The dictionary tweeted ...

Some of the 21st century's newest English words, including "rizz," "dad bod," and "photobomb," have been added to the latest edition of a well-known dictionary. Merriam-Webster, a leading American ...

However, the definition for "irregardless" has been included in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged edition since 1934. In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true ...

At the risk of showing my age, I will admit that I began school before the advent of spell-check. When I didn’t know how to spell a word, my teachers told me to look it up in the dictionary. I never ...

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 over 5,000 new words, including ...

Merriam-Webster raised the hackles of stodgy grammarians last week when it affirmed the lexical veracity of "irregardless." The word's definition, when reading it, would seem to be: without without ...

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 ...

No need to study this month to increase your vocabulary. Merriam-Webster added 840 new words to the dictionary – and chances are, you probably know many of them. A bulk of the new entries are already ...

At the risk of showing my age, I will admit that I began school before the advent of spell-check. When I didn't know how to spell a word, my teachers told me to look it up in the dictionary. I never ...