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

Although most people would define ‘nude’ as a color that matches a person’s skin tone, about a month ago, Merriam-Webster would beg to differ. Instead, America’s leading and most-trusted dictionary of ...

Brush up on Gen Z’s favorite buzzwords because they’ve officially entered our lexicon. Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several ...

The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has exploded in popularity in recent months. The blockchain-backed technology is now being used to rethink the sale of everything from art to sports ...

Last week the Merriam-Webster dictionary dealt with threats over gender definitions. So this week I interviewed its lexicographer Peter Sokolowski. Peter: “The pandemic brought new definitions. Like ...

Merriam-Webster has announced its 2021 Word of the Year and, surprise, surprise, it’s not “floccinaucinihilipilification.” No, instead, the winner is the word “vaccine,” which beat out over 470,000 ...

You may want to yeet your old Merriam-Webster book, as the publishing company decided to level up and serve lewks by including 370 new words and phrases to its dictionary. In a move that could be seen ...