Merriam-Webster announced in September it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular ...

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

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 " ...

What is the hardest word to define? What’s the longest word in English? These are just some of the questions Merriam-Webster editor Kory Stamper has to field when she tells people about her job. It’s ...

Merriam-Webster will add more than 5,000 new words and 1,000 new phrases when it releases its first new edition in more than ...

Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful ...

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced on Monday that its 2018 “word of the year” is “justice.” The word saw a spike in searches on the publisher’s website this year, which was looked up 74% ...

A controversial comic book term has found itself inside an official dictionary. Gail Simone helped coin the term “fridging” when she created the Women in Refridgerators list back in 1999. The list ...

Merriam-Webster took the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries. New words include ...

What is the hardest word to define? What’s the longest word in English? These are just some of the questions Merriam-Webster editor Kory Stamper has to field when she tells people about her job. It’s ...