Earlier this year, Oxford University Press chose "rage bait" as its word of the year, while Dictionary.com picked the meme ...

The 2024 "Words of the Year" were revealed from top dictionaries like Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Cambridge. Dictionary.com’s top word was "demure," reflecting a surge in popularity ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

Merriam-Webster's dictionary is adding a new entry to the definition of the pronoun “they”: a way to refer to a nonbinary individual, one who identifies as neither exclusively male nor female. It’s ...

At a time when words matter, one dictionary has emerged to school us all: Merriam-Webster. With eyes glued to press briefings and testimonies, people are turning to dictionaries to find out what ...