A longtime journalist who lives in AU Park, Fatsis is best known for his book Word Freak, about the world of competitive ...

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 ...

"They" can be used to refer to one person whose gender identity is nonbinary. Merriam-Webster has added another definition for the word "they" that can be used to refer to a single person whose gender ...

Complete with thumb notches and a deep red cover, and weighing almost 5 pounds, the 12th edition is the first new edition in ...

On Nov. 18th, Merriam-Webster is releasing their 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary, calling it their own “large language ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare? Try something in between: “surreal,” which is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, unveiled Monday. Meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of ...

“Ghost,” “side-eye” and “facepalm” are now included in the official Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. On Tuesday the dictionary announced it had added more than 1,000 words. “These are words that have ...

In Andrew Clements' children's book "Frindle," the main character invents the word "frindle" to replace "pen." Frindle becomes so ubiquitous that by the end, when he is all grown up, the word is added ...

The multi-use noun was the most looked-up word on the dictionary publisher’s website in 2018, the company announced Monday. Merriam-Webster noted that its annual selection was driven, in part, by the ...

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