Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

One morning in 2001, Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster, arrived at work and was given a single word: “take.” She set to work hunting down examples of where the verb form of the word ...

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Merriam-Webster declared "slop" its 2025 word of the year on Monday, a sign of growing wariness around artificial intelligence. Slop is now defined as "digital content of low quality that is produced ...

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 ...

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it happens, is also one of the 194-year-old dictionary's top words of 2025. "We ...

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 ...

The publishing company noted that the word holds particular significance both as a medical term and a vehicle for ideological conflict. "For many, the word symbolized a possible return to the lives we ...

The dictionary recently revised its definition of vaccine to be more detailed — and it didn’t eliminate the portion that deals with immunity. The updated definition says that vaccines stimulate the ...